HPV Vaccine & Cancer Prevention in Males

5/23/17   Did you know there are more throat and mouth cancers caused by HPV in the US than there are cervical cancers?  Prevention to those caused by infection with one of the 9 HPV strains in the HPV vaccine, should be a simple option.  Males who received at...

US Childhood Immunization Champions

5/18/17   The Center for Disease Control and Prevention honors one person in each state, as well as 8 U.S. territories for their impact on improving childhood immunization.   The CDC jointly with the CDC Foundation selected Rebecca Norwick for her extraordinary...

Males’ HPV Vaccination Rates Remain Low

5/17/17   MedPage reports only 8% of males in NHANES cohort received HPV vaccine. Robert Brannigan, MD, professor of urology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, speculated there could be several reasons for low vaccination rates among...

Hepatitis B Cases Decline

5/16/2017   The decline in Hepatitis B infections has been greatest in children born since 1991, when routine vaccination of children was first recommended. The CDC reports that this routine Hepatitis B vaccine use in children has decreased new cases by roughly...

Pri-Med West 2017

5/9/17   MPPG will be exhibiting at the Anaheim, California Pri-Med West Annual Conference this week Thursday May 11th through Saturday May 13th.  Independent practices and medical groups needing free access to contracted discounts may sign-up with MPPG here or...

The Free Vaccine Handbook App Now Available!

5/4/17   Shot of Prevention shared today that an outstanding resource is now available on iTunes for all things vaccine relevant.  “The Vaccine Handbook App” is essentially a high tech version of the authoritative source by Gary S. Marshall MD “The Vaccine...