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News & Views: Education Makes It Worse?
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In two recent papers, the authors concluded that vaccine messages meant to educate might actually misinform and even decrease intent to vaccinate. Let’s take a closer look at these studies.
Technically Speaking: Handy Checklist to Help Improve Vaccination Rates
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We all know that vaccines are cost-effective, safe and life-saving. But sometimes, competing priorities in a busy medical practice can push vaccines off the radar during office visits. This can contribute to low vaccination rates, leaving our patients unprotected against preventable diseases.
In the Journals: Daycare Policies
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Read the results of a study published on Nov. 17, 2014, in which investigators wanted to determine how parents felt about their children attending daycare centers where other children might not be immunized.
On the Bookshelf: The End of Absence by Michael Harris
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Read a review of "The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection," a book by Michael Harris.
Alert: Influenza Vaccine and This Year's Flu Season
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The CDC recently announced that so far this year, the predominant strain of influenza causing disease is a drifted strain of the influenza A virus H3N2. Here is what you should know.
Technically Speaking: Know the “7 Rights” of Vaccine Administration
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Unfortunately, it is all too easy to make a vaccine administration error. And even more unfortunately, the error is likely impossible to undo. So be careful to do the “right” thing the first time.
In the Journals: Influenza Vaccine During Pregnancy
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A group of researchers studied the effect of influenza vaccine given during pregnancy to protect infants as well as their mothers. Learn about the study and the authors' findings.
News & Views: Herd Immunity and Vaccine Duration
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Some believe that the lack of vaccine boosters given to adults provides evidence that herd immunity is a myth. So let’s look at this notion more closely.
Doctors Learn to Push Back, Gently, Against Anti-vaccination Movement
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A recent presentation by Dr. Offit in California was the central theme of an article by Eryn Brown published in the Los Angeles Times on Oct. 31, 2014.
News & Views: Enterovirus D68
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Enteroviruses are part of the Picornaviridae family. Viruses in this family are small-sized, single stranded RNA (ssRNA) viruses.