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AHA News: For Pediatrician Mom, 'Back to School' Starts Well Before First Day of Class

THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) – Any parent knows that back-to-school season can turn into one of the busiest times of the year. As a medical professional whose many roles...

One Personality Type Is More Prone to Be an Anti-Vaxxer

FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 – When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise. It was the extroverts who were more vaccine resistant. Compared...

Moderna or Pfizer? One COVID Shot May Be Safer for Older Adults

THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 – While both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are considered safe and highly effective, new research finds the Moderna shot has been the safest and most effective for...

In Mice, a Preventive Vaccine Clears Brain Plaques Tied to Alzheimer's

MONDAY, July 31, 2023 – Scientists have struggled for decades to come up with something that can successfully treat Alzheimer's disease, with new drugs now showing their ability to clear the amyloid...

Nonpediatric Specialties Face Smaller Return Margins for HPV Vaccine Costs

MONDAY, July 31, 2023 – For nonpediatric specialties, return margins for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine costs by private payers are small, according to a study published in the July/August issue...

1 in 6 Kids Has Not Got All of Their Vaccines. Why?

TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 – Most early childhood vaccines require three or four doses for best protection, but more than 1 in 6 toddlers aren’t getting them all, leaving them vulnerable to potentially d...

17.2 Percent of Children Start but Do Not Complete Seven-Vaccine Series

TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 – Overall, 17.2 percent of children initiated, but did not complete, the combined seven-vaccine early childhood series, according to a study published online July 25 in...

FDA Approves New Fully Liquid Presentation of GSK’s Rotarix Vaccine to Prevent Gastroenteritis Caused by Rotavirus

New fully liquid formulation of Rotarix removes the need to reconstitute prior to administration, for improved convenience Clinical data demonstrated non-inferiority of immunogenicity as compared to...

Shingrix (zoster vaccine recombinant, adjuvanted) Approved in the U.S. for Prevention of Shingles

London UK 20 October 2017 – GlaxoSmithKline plc [LSE/NYSE: GSK] today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Shingrix (Zoster Vaccine Recombinant, Adjuvanted) for the...

Seqirus Receives FDA Approval for Afluria Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) for People 18 Years of Age and Older

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Seqirus announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Afluria Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) for use in persons 18...

Sanofi Pasteur Announces FDA Approval of Quadracel DTaP-IPV Vaccine for Children 4 through 6 Years of Age

SWIFTWATER, Pa., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi , announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of Quadracel...

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