Pneumo Vaccination Cuts Kids' Hospital Visits
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Giving young children the pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar has had a significant impact on pneumococcal diseases, such as pneumonia and middle ear infections, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - The supply issues with Prevnar, a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors resume giving the
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Flagstaff Medical Center plans to place visitation restrictions starting Nov. 15 because of concerns over the impending flu season and lack of vaccine, according to a press release from the hospital.
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the American health care system nearly $100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases, a study has found.
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During vaccine "scares," when concerns arise that certain vaccines may cause health problems, parents are quick to stop vaccinating their children, and slow to begin re-vaccinating them once these fears begin to fade, according to a new mathematical analysis released Monday.
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NEW YORK  - During vaccine "scares," when  concerns arise that certain vaccines may cause health problems,  parents are quick to stop vaccinating their children, and slow  to begin re-vaccinating them once these fears begin to fade,  according to a new mathematical analysis released Monday.
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First it was St. Paul&#39;s on Burrard St., which had to start closing wards last week due to the illness. And now it&#39;s struck the BC Children&#39;s Hospital.
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Two months after an unexpected vaccine shortage led government officials to restrict which groups should get influenza vaccinations, a federal advisory panel recommended yesterday that the restraints be eased.
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ATLANTA - Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are now worried that tens of thousands of doses could go to waste, and they are considering easing the restrictions.
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According to a new study, governments that pay for their children to be vaccinated against chicken pox save millions of dollars and have far fewer people being admitted to hospital.
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Some poor children in Ohio who qualify for flu shots may have to wait for them because of questions over doctors being reimbursed through a Medicaid program.
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NEW YORK  - The supply issues with Prevnar,  a vaccine that protects kids from bacterial infections, have  been resolved and the Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention and other groups are now recommending that doctors  resume giving the full four doses of the vaccine, according to  a report released Thursday.
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With flu vaccines in short supply, federal health officials are advising the nation's elderly to get vaccinated against pneumonia, the most common serious complication of the flu.
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A 13-year-old boy is in intensive care  following a severe adverse reaction to a vaccination at school.
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NEW YORK  - Exposure to polychlorinated   biphenyls (PCBs) -- chemicals widely used in industry --   apparently reduces children's immune response to vaccinations,   according to a report.
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the U.S. health care system nearly $100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases of the itchy disease, a study found...
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Health officials are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip getting a flu shot because British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier and dosages are in short supply.