Sanofi Pasteur Ships 1st #Flu Vaccines for 2018-19 Season

8/1/18 Getting influenza vaccine to healthcare providers has just begun.  Major influenza vaccine manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur announced Monday they’ve shipped the first of it’s 70 million doses for the 2018-1019 season.  Quadrivalent flu vaccines in supply are...

Measles Outbreak Costs High

7/31/18   This July 30th article in JAMA reports an analysis on the costs of a 2013 Measles outbreak ( 58 cases ) in New York City. $394, 448 and 10,054 man hours were the direct costs to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

HPV Vaccine Results in Males

7/26/18   BMC Medicine published a study that analyzed efficacy results of HPV vaccine from several different  clinical research and data registries Medline, Embase, Cochrane, Clinicaltrials.gov…..

Wednesday Wisdom

7/18/18 “Happiness is Protective”   “Long term happiness is based 90% on how we process life events & circumstances, only 10% on external influences” – v. Murthy, former US Surgeon General