Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

[ad_1] As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some Democratic-led states have struck out on their own, setting up new systems to help them assess the science and maintain immunization access for their residents. Four western states…

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Herd immunity from HPV vaccine provides protection even for unvaccinated women

Herd immunity from HPV vaccine provides protection even for unvaccinated women

[ad_1] A large, long-term study led by an Albert Einstein College of Medicine researcher has found that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in community settings is highly effective in protecting young women from infections caused by the cervical-cancer-causing virus-including women who didn’t even receive the vaccine. The study was published today in…

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Leading cancer organizations call for action to boost HPV vaccine coverage

Leading cancer organizations call for action to boost HPV vaccine coverage

[ad_1] VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, along with 61 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Centers, several leading national cancer health organizations and the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, have endorsed a joint statement urging the nation’s health care systems, health care providers, parents, caregivers and the public to choose the human papillomavirus…

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Trump claims ‘no downside’ to avoiding Tylenol during pregnancy. He’s wrong.

Trump claims ‘no downside’ to avoiding Tylenol during pregnancy. He’s wrong.

[ad_1] Obstetricians have long advised their pregnant patients that Tylenol is the safest option to reduce fever or pain. President Donald Trump stood before a national audience on Sept. 22 and contradicted that. “Don’t take Tylenol,” Trump said during an hourlong White House press conference that included his leading health appointees. “There’s no downside. Don’t…

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Kennedy’s take on vaccine science fractures cohesive national public health strategies

Kennedy’s take on vaccine science fractures cohesive national public health strategies

[ad_1] Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had a busy few months. He fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, purged the agency’s vaccine advisory committee, and included among the group’s new members appointees who espouse anti-vaccine views. The leadership upheavals, which he says will restore trust…

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New NIH grant supports development of experimental pediatric HIV vaccine

New NIH grant supports development of experimental pediatric HIV vaccine

[ad_1] A multi-institutional team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has been awarded a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for advanced preclinical development of a promising experimental HIV vaccine. A successful vaccine to prevent new HIV infections would be a…

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