Pfizer TV AD Brings Meningitis B Disease Awareness

8/9/2016   Physicians may experience more inquiries about prevention options for Meningitis B due to   Pfizer’s new 60-second, branded television ad running in Los Angeles through September. The TV ad is intended to help parents of adolescents and young adults...

Human Trials Begin for ZIKA Vaccine

8/4/16   Phase 1 clinical trials have begun on the The NIAID Zika virus investigational DNA vaccine at three locations in the United States.  Prevention of Zika virus infection is a public health imperative due to the devastating sequelae to the fetus if acquired...

August is National Immunization Awareness Month NIAM

8/2/16   The CDC offers numerous resources to up the immunization rates for your practice.  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam.html  More Tool Kits are also available here at the National Public Health Information Coalition.  No matter a patient’s age,...

LA County Issues Meningococcal Disease Health Alert

7/28/16   Due to the Meningitis outbreak among MSM in Southern California, recommendations for Meningococcal vaccine has been expanded to include all MSM in addition to all persons with HIV infection.  The recommended vaccine is MCV4 the quadrivalent vaccine that...