Vaccines
Practice Alert
CDC: Older kids should get annual flu vaccine, too
Routine vaccination should include 5- to 18-year-olds and start this year, if possible.
Practice Alert
MEASLES HITS HOME: Sobering lessons from 2 travel-related outbreaks
Measles recently infected US residents not considered at risk, as well as the unvaccinated.
Practice Alert
Vaccine update: New CDC recommendations from 2007
Practice Alert
Varicella vaccination: 2 doses now the standard
The nation’s top vaccine panel now calls for 2 doses of the varicella vaccine in young children—not one. Doing so reduces the risk of breakthrough...
Original Research
How can you improve vaccination rates among older African Americans?
Patients want you to address their fear of drug interactions and allergic reactions.
Practice Alert
Flu vaccination rates: How can you do better?
Offer the vaccine to anyone who wants it, both before and during flu season, stresses the CDC.
Clinical Inquiries
What are the indications for meningococcal vaccination?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Routine vaccination with the meningococcal conjugate vaccine MCV4 (Menactra) is indicated for all US adolescents entering...
Applied Evidence
Who should get the HPV vaccine?
Latest recommendations from ACIP and others.
Practice Alert
Important questions before flu season
How to provide maximum protection for our patients and ourselves.
Clinical Inquiries
Should patients receive 23-valent pneumococcal vaccination more than once?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: No patient-oriented evidence supports pneumococcal revaccination of any patient (high-risk or otherwise). Antibody levels...
Clinical Inquiries
Which vaccinations are indicated after splenectomy?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Immunization against encapsulated bacterial pathogens decreases the incidence of post-splenectomy sepsis. Pneumococcal,...