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Flu Vaccine May Protect Against Heart Attack, Cardiovascular Events

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Study authors recommend that healthcare personnel consider prioritizing influenza vaccination for patients with recent cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in light of new evidence.

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HPV Vaccines Have Reshaped the Epidemiological Landscape

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Prophylactic HPV vaccines have demonstrated remarkable efficacy, exceeding 98%, and they are already proving to be effective in the prevention of anogenital warts, precancerous lesions, and cancer alike.

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First Vaccine to Prevent Chikungunya Virus Approved by FDA

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Ixchiq contains a live, weakened version of the chikungunya virus and may cause symptoms in the vaccine recipient similar to those experienced by people who have chikungunya disease.

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US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System Not Meeting Standards

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VAERS was designed to collect reports of symptoms, diagnoses, hospital admissions, and deaths after vaccination for postmarket safety signals.

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Remove Barriers to Encourage Influenza Vaccination of Care Home Staff

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Vaccination can combat this risk, but not all care workers get flu shots. Care home staff play a role in transmission to elderly residents by bringing flu in from their communities, especially in winter.

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Vaccine Update: What Pharmacists Need to Know About ACIP’s New Guidelines

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Goode, PharmD, director of the PGY1 Community Based Residency Program at Virginia Commonwealth University, discussed the new vaccine guidelines from ACIP. Jean-Venable R.

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FDA approves updated Covid vaccines

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The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it had greenlit two   updated Covid-19 booster shots in people as young as 6 months old, triggering a process that could see the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines become available in doctors’ offices, clinics, and pharmacies later this week. Read the rest…

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