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Holly Riggs, a petitioner, filed a compensation claim under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program in June 2024, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccination on December 7, 2023. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
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The Shapiro Administration has called on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to recommend vaccines that have demonstrated irrefutable public health benefits for decades, including COVID-19 vaccines for all ages and Hepatitis B vaccines for newborns. Ahead of the ACIP meeting, the administration urged members to continue recommending vaccines
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The Government of Pakistan has launched a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign, in partnership with Gavi, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO), to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer. The campaign targets 13 million eligible girls aged 9-14 years across Punjab, Sindh, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, and Islamabad Capital Territory.
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Senate oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached a boiling point as fired CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, revealing alleged political pressure from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the childhood vaccine schedule. Monarez,
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U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) led a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) oversight hearing to examine Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to fire the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hickenlooper and former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez,
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Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women in Nigeria, with an incidence rate of 26.2 per 100,000 and mortality rate of 14.3 per 1000 adult women. However, vaccine hesitancy remains a threat to the uptake of the HPV vaccine. A recent study identified the
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Researchers have published new findings on the comparison of antimicrobial resistance and serotype patterns in Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from blood cultures and respiratory specimens in Canadian hospitals from 2007 to 2023. The study aimed to understand the differences in antimicrobial susceptibility testing and serotype identification between blood culture and respiratory
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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign, which aims to immunize girls aged 9 to 14 years against cervical cancer, officially began in Rawalpindi district on September 15. The teams of District Health Authority (DHA) Rawalpindi faced challenges on the first day, including refusals and unavailability of girls, despite managing to
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Research from the Manchester Royal Infirmary has uncovered a significant decrease in invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases due to non-pharmaceutical interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding has raised concerns about a potential rebound of the disease due to an immunity gap. A seroprevalence study of individuals under 25 years
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Researchers at Xiamen University have published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, detailing the immunogenicity of a bivalent vaccine in rhesus macaques. The vaccine, containing spike proteins from the prototype and chimeric S protein, induced broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against multiple variants, including challenging subvariants
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The former director and chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez and Dr. Debra Houry, respectively, have expressed concerns over recent actions by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that could make it harder for Americans to get vaccines. Monarez was fired by
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California's Department of Public Health (CDPH) has taken a significant step in updating state law to guarantee that its residents have access to essential vaccines and screenings. This move is part of a broader effort by the state to prioritize public health and medical community collaboration. The CDPH
