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

Flu & Pregnancy

7/12/18 Influenza and pregnancy results were published in the Journal of Infection.  The data was collected on a large cohort ( over 200,000 ) of pregnant women in Catalonia Spain.  Vilca et.al. reviewed outpatient visits and hospitalization rates from 2008-2013. ...