by testadmin | Jun 20, 2018 | News
6/20/18 Dr. Adel Mahmoud a significant contributor to protecting human life through immunization has passed away. This article from the New York Times details some of his heroic efforts when working for Merck Vaccines Division to assure critical vaccines were...
by testadmin | Jun 19, 2018 | News
6/18/18 Sylivia Becker-Dreps et. al. published their findings on a Tdap vaccine study in last week’s American Journal of Preventative Medicine. They reviewed 675,167 mother-infant pairs cohort for Tdap immunization status. Pertussis rates were lower in infants whose...
by testadmin | Jun 14, 2018 | News
6/14/18 Read the Cochrane Report on HPV Vaccine benefits regarding pre cervical cancer prevention. The data is huge, they evaluated over 73,000 girls and women from 26 studies. Dr. Maurie Markman from the Cancer Treatment Center of America in...
by testadmin | Jun 13, 2018 | News
6/13/18 The Lancet published results of an analysis on 15 years ( 2000 – 2015 ) of Hib and PCV vaccine use worldwide. The bottom line, there’s been a drastic reduction in pediatric deaths caused by Haemophilus influenza type b and pneumonia. Hib deaths in...
by testadmin | Jun 12, 2018 | News
6/12/18 172 children died from influenza last season. This death rate is the deadliest for children in a non-pandemic year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced these findings last week. Roughly 80% of these pediatric deaths were in...
