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11/16/16   The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research aims to enroll 75 people aged 18 to 49 to test the safety and efficacy of the experimental Zika Purified Inactivated  Virus vaccine ( ZPIV ). The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

11/15/16   An end of the year promotion has been offered by Sanofi Pasteur on the following vaccines: Pentacel®, Daptacel®, Menactra® and IPOL®.  A special 2% discount will be given on orders placed on these vaccines now through December 19th and scheduled to...

11/10/16 Sanofi Pasteur customers can gain support in patient communications via a complimentary service called WellConnect.  Physicians can proactively reach out to patients with a variety of standard or customized broadcast messages.   Either voice mail or texts may...

11/8/16   University of Colorado innovators receive 1.1 million in Grant money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  The collaboration of Garcea, Randolph and Weimer could lead to exciting new antigen delivery methods to the human immune system as well...

11/5/16   MPPG is excited to announce their newest vendor, TAB/Document Imaging Technologies (DIT), providing electronic document management solutions. More and more medical offices are moving from paper to electronic charts, DIT makes document management simple...

11/4/16   Actress Lucy Hale last year used her influence to highlight a CDC meningitis vaccination recommendation for adolescents.  Sharing her time and talents in a number of in-person presentations, video clips and more, Lucy Hale is one of those celebrities...

11/3/16   The National Institutes of Health, Directors Blog today is sharing some interesting information regarding some product marketing practices to U.S. adolescents.  The principle researcher involved, Marie Bragg reviewed how popular culture, be it through...

11/2/16   Current news reports of a polio-like illness, particularly regarding the 6 year old boy who recently died in Washington state may generate some inquiries from parents about this condition. CDC information for healthcare professionals will shed what...

10/27/16   The Great Influenza The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History is an eye opening read about a disease that should probably be much more revered by the general public than it presently is.  As the 2016-1017 influenza season begins along with efforts...

10/26/16   October 2016 ACIP meeting information: Official publication of the results of the CDC’s meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will come at a later date in the MMWR.  Until then here is some preliminary information for your review ...

10/25/16   Dr. Paul Offit responded to an article recently published by Medscape that must have been misrepresenting HPV Vaccine data.  The original article “Chronic Symptoms After HPV Vaccine:  Part of a Wider Syndrome?” is what Dr. Offit was referring to.   His...

10/20/16   Tuesday the ACIP voted to make an adjustment in the immunization schedule for HPV Vaccine use in pre-teens.  The FDA approved this new 2 dose administration for boys and girls age 9 to 14 yrs of age.  The new prescribing information shows this 2 dose...

10/19/16   Vaccine preventable diseases in unvaccinated adults cost the US economy in 2015 7.1 Billion dollars.  Out of 14 vaccine preventable diseases in 10 vaccines, Influenza had the highest percentage of burden at 65%. Read the details.

10/18/16   RIV3 - Recombinant Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent   RIV4 - Recombinant Influenza Vaccine, Quadrivalent   LAIV - Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine   IIV - Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (previously referred to as TIV)   IIV3 -...

10/13/1   #Thursday Thoughts:  Adult immunization rates in the United States are far from what they should be.   This article reports that only 42% of those over 18 received an Influenza shot last year.  The author effectively describes vaccines as “low hanging...