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- Sugar Soothes Kids' Immunization Pain
Feb. 4, 2008 -- A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down in some unexpected ways. A new study suggests sugar may prevent childhood immunization pain. Researchers found babies given a dose of sugar solution before their immunization shots experienced less pain than those given a placebo. Cur
Read Full Article - Measles Vaccine: No Autism Link
Feb. 4, 2008 -- The measles vaccine doesn't cause long-lasting measles infection or raise abnormal immune responses in kids with autism, a new study confirms. A 1998 study of 12 children suggested that their autism might be linked to measles vaccine -- given as part of the routine measles-mumps-rube
Read Full Article - Mercury in Vaccines Leaves Blood Fast
Jan 30, 2008 -- Ethyl mercury from the vaccine preservative thimerosal leaves the blood 10 times faster than methyl mercury, on which current risk assessments are based. Only trace levels of thimerosal can be found in U.S. vaccines, except in multi-dose vials of flu vaccine (single-dose flu vaccine
Read Full Article - Better Meningitis Vaccine for Infants
Jan. 8, 2008 -- A new meningitis vaccine protects infants against multiple strains of a meningitis bug, not just the single strain in the current infant vaccine. The finding comes from a British/Canadian clinical trial that tested the new vaccine in 421 healthy infants. Meningitis caused by Neisseri
Read Full Article - CDC Alters Kids' Vaccine Recommendation
Dec. 19, 2007 -- The CDC today announced a temporary change to its recommendations for a common childhood vaccine. The vaccine is the Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib vaccine). For now, the CDC has deferred the Hib vaccine booster shot for most kids aged 12-15 months due to a recall-relate
Read Full Article - Common Childhood Vaccine Recalled
Dec. 12, 2007 -- The CDC and FDA today announced the recall of 1.2 million doses of children's Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib vaccine) due to concerns of product sterility. No health problems have been reported, and no tainted vaccines have been found, says CDC Director Julie Gerberding,
Read Full Article - Online Vaccine Videos Questioned
Dec. 4, 2007 -- If you turn to YouTube to get information about immunizations, you may want to keep the findings of a new study in mind. In February, University of Toronto researchers screened 153 vaccine videos posted on YouTube. The videos included clips for and against immunization, and some of t
Read Full Article - Vaccines Cut Diseases to Record Lows
Nov. 13, 2007 -- Most vaccine-preventable diseases are rarer than ever in the U.S., CDC researchers reported today. They tracked reported cases, deaths, and hospitalizations for 13 diseases that have vaccines recommended by the CDC since before 2005. Consider these findings from 2006: A 92% drop in
Read Full Article - FDA OKs Meningitis Vaccine for Kids 2-10
Oct. 23, 2007 -- The FDA has expanded the age range for Menactra, a bacterial meningitis vaccine, to include children aged 2-10. Meningitis is a serious inflammation of the lining that surrounds the spinal cord and brain. It can result in death or permanent injury to the brain and nervous system. Ea
Read Full Article - Adult Vaccination: New Guidelines
Oct. 19, 2007 -- The CDC has updated its adult vaccination schedule. Changes to the adult vaccination schedule include: Varicella vaccine: This vaccine, which targets the chickenpox virus, is now recommended for all adults without evidence of immunity to varicella (such as people who haven't had chi
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