Immunization

Mary Koslap‐Petraco, DNP, PNPPC‐BC, CPNP, FAANP, Stony Brook University School of Nursing, discusses the difference between active and passive immunizations, and how they work to prevent disease. This video was filmed at the 2019 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAP NAP) annual meeting in New Orleans.

Health care professionals provide their considerations regarding the future of measles prevention and management.

Measles cases are increasing at an alarming rate, and the antivaccination movement has helped bring back this potentially deadly disease that was once eliminated in the United States.

The influenza vaccine for the 2019-2020 flu season will look different than it has for the past few seasons.

Dengue is endemic in the United States territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Following their analysis of vaccination aversion, experts expand on how health care professionals can educate patients and ensure vaccination.

The CDC is recognizing National Infant Immunization Week as part of the World Immunization Week, an effort of the World Health Organization.

Key opinion leaders address faulty reasoning behind vaccination aversion, for measles or otherwise, given trends in the disease-prevention paradigm.

With measles cases on the rise globally and with an outbreak of measles in communities right here in the United States, adults should ensure they are adequately vaccinated against this serious and potentially fatal disease.

Precancerous cervical lesions, known as high-grade cervical lesions (CIN2+) can develop a few years after infection and have been used to monitor human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine impact since cancers can take decades to develop.

The vaccine will use a cell-based candidate vaccine virus (CVV) for 4 influenza strains identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the upcoming flu season.

Experts provide historical context to measles management and review the current paradigm of disease prevention versus spread.

Plague is a serious medical condition recognized by public health authorities globally as a potential agent of bioterrorism.

Mary Koslap‐Petraco DNP, PNPPC‐BC, CPNP, FAANP of Stony Brook University School of Nursing and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner House Calls advises nurses to listen to concerned parents and assure them they want the best for their children.

The IAVI WOO1 study is one of the first clinical trials of a native-like Env trimer and the first time that this particular trimer is being evaluated in humans

The goals are to assess the candidate’s safety and to determine if the vaccination induces the human immune system to produce proteins called neutralizing antibodies.

Being knowledgeable about the guidelines and risk factors for patients is important to ensure that they get the proper counseling on immunizations.

The National Quality Strategy aligns the health care community in efforts to improve the quality of health care delivery.

Measles, although highly contagious, can be prevented altogether through widespread vaccination.

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What are the risks and benefits associated with vaccines? Mary Koslap‐Petraco DNP, PNPPC‐BC, CPNP, FAANP of Stony Brook University School of Nursing and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner House Calls explains the effects of vaccination.

Vaccine misinformation is part of the growing problem that is creating a public health crisis, especially surrounding the global measles outbreak.

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Expert witnesses all testified that there is no evidence to support the belief by some parents that vaccines cause autism.

Investigators from the CDC Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Impact Monitoring Project (HPV-IMPACT) sought to determine whether HPV types 16 and 18, which are responsible for approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide, are also decreasing.

The agency urges the public to receive a vaccine if they have not already done so.

For this edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back in time at Jonas Salk and his research.