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Health experts said there isn't much a theme park could do to prevent transmission since measles is airborne, noting the best prevention is vaccination.

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The tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine was as safe in seniors as the tetanus diphtheria vaccine, a finding that supports a federal recommendation to reduce pertussis risk among the elderly via Tdap vaccination.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has added the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to its protective roster for a subset of high-risk adults.

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Health care providers should be aware that adult patients with diabetes have a sharply increased risk for chronic liver disease and should be counseled accordingly, advised investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Major changes regarding the use of the human papillomavirus vaccine in males, the hepatitis B vaccine in adults with diabetes and the influenza vaccine in egg-allergic individuals are among the highlights in the 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The recommendations were published online in the journal.

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A new high-dose flu vaccine for seniors works better than the standard shot in that age group, according to a long-awaited study by the vaccine's manufacturer.

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The human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil has moved closer to an indication for anal cancer prevention.

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Hepatitis B vaccination should be routinely given to previously unvaccinated adults with diabetes who are younger than 60 years of age, according to recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

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At least 17 hepatitis B virus infection outbreaks have occurred since 1996 in diabetes patients in long-term care settings, including assisted living facilities, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist.

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 MSD or Merck recently announced that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend that boys 11 to 12 years old be vaccinated routinely with the Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18) vaccine to help prevent anal cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18, anal dysplasias, and precancerous lesions caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18, and genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11.

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Health experts said there isn't much a theme park could do to prevent transmission since measles is airborne, noting the best prevention is vaccination.

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The tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine was as safe in seniors as the tetanus diphtheria vaccine, a finding that supports a federal recommendation to reduce pertussis risk among the elderly via Tdap vaccination.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has added the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to its protective roster for a subset of high-risk adults.

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Health care providers should be aware that adult patients with diabetes have a sharply increased risk for chronic liver disease and should be counseled accordingly, advised investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Major changes regarding the use of the human papillomavirus vaccine in males, the hepatitis B vaccine in adults with diabetes and the influenza vaccine in egg-allergic individuals are among the highlights in the 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The recommendations were published online in the journal.

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A new high-dose flu vaccine for seniors works better than the standard shot in that age group, according to a long-awaited study by the vaccine's manufacturer.

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The human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil has moved closer to an indication for anal cancer prevention.

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Hepatitis B vaccination should be routinely given to previously unvaccinated adults with diabetes who are younger than 60 years of age, according to recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

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At least 17 hepatitis B virus infection outbreaks have occurred since 1996 in diabetes patients in long-term care settings, including assisted living facilities, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist.

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