Search results for "Vaccinations"
The push toward a COVID-19 vaccine
Bell said. She also encouraged clinicians to be prepared to collaborate closely with state and local public health departments on vaccination efforts. ... Rachel Levine, MD, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, addressed the politics of
November 2020
Alcohol treatment may be shifting to primary care
The first, a Perspective from leading immunization experts, outlines physicians' responsibilities to increase vaccination rates in their practices, as well as ways that ACP's I Raise the Rates campaign can ... help. The second looks at mandatory
October 2015
Gastroenterology
Sometime in the distant future, vaccination against H. pylori might solve the problem by preventing infection from early childhood onwards,” the author wrote.
August 2015
Patients find medical home in Pennsylvania
What do we need to do in terms of vaccinations, examinations?’” said Dr. ... Crimm. The practices also streamlined the process of getting the routine aspects of diabetes care—vaccinations, foot exams, etc.—completed in an efficient way.
April 2009
Be proactive about managing hepatitis B
2017;167:794-804. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hepatitis B vaccination—United States, 1982-2002. ... Low prevalence of hepatitis B vaccination among patients receiving medical care for HIV infection in the United States, 2009 to
April 2018
Test yourself
He quit smoking 2 years ago. All immunizations are up to date, including influenza and pneumococcal vaccination.
June 2016
Highlights
vaccination. The studies' observational nature makes potential confounding a significant concern, and patients may have altered their patterns of health-care seeking behavior, the authors wrote. ... research. The commentary also noted that six other
April 2010
Influenza
The IDSA also endorses current CDC recommendations, which state that anti-flu medications are an important adjunct to vaccination against the flu.
April 2014
Pneumonia
It is uncertain whether adult vaccination with PCV13 (which contains the seven serotypes included in PCV7 and was recently recommended for immunocompromised adults in the U.S.) will add to the
July 2013
Immunization
All adults are eligible for a dose of PPSV23 at age 65 years, regardless of previous PPSV23 vaccination; however, a minimum interval of five years between PPSV23 doses should be maintained.
October 2012