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5/30/17   Healio reports more clinical evidence for continuing to improve HPV immunization rates.  The study was done in Connecticut with women age 21 to 39 years from 2008 to 2015. Linda M. Niccolai, PhD from the Connecticut emerging infections program at Yale...

5/25/17   The information age delivers handy downloadable immunization apps for clinicians’ phones.  Gain access to credible immunization information resources thanks to the Adult Vaccination Resources Library of the Immunization Action Coalition.  From the AAP...

5/24/17   The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report dated May 9th 2017 includes the updated Trumenba dosing recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.  The ACIP recommends the 2-dose schedule of Trumenba when given to healthy adolescents...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

5/3/17   A report on this topic was published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine back in March and shared by CIDRAP.  Although some important gains have been made globally in the fight against TB, it is still one of the top 10 killers.  The report authors urge...

      5/2/17   Spring cleaning time is a good opportunity to re-evaluate medical waste disposal services. When is the practice’s current contract up? When is the last time the practice requested a quote and service details from another company? ...

4/27/17   So what’s going on regarding vaccine usage in Europe? This press release from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control shares interesting information about how some European countries are currently utilizing these systems to increase...

4/26/17   Wise & strategic practices gain free access to discounts on Merck Vaccines, Sanofi Pasteur Vaccines and also on Pfizer’s Trumenba Vaccine through an MPPG membership.  Join forces with your colleagues for a purchasing power alliance with the vendors...

4/25/17   Here is a short story of the long and painful recovery of a 17 year old girl that may help enlighten teen patients.   The concept of adolescents and driving of course causes plenty of angst and concern for adults however, not as much for the teens...

4/24/17   Our friends at Cooperative of American Physicians have shared that tomorrow, Tuesday April 25th, PatientPop will be hosting a webinar to help practices acquire and engage patients through a strategic social media plan.  Find out how to have healthy...