Pertussis Vaccination Recommended for Teens
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NEW YORK  - Adolescents and some adults  should be revaccinated against pertussis, also known as  "whopping cough," to decrease the risk of transmission to  infants, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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After several years under the public health radar, whooping cough is making a comeback in New York. The number of New Yorkers affected by the highly contagious respiratory illness
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NEW YORK  - In a 2003-2004 outbreak of whooping cough in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, most cases were diagnosed in adolescents, although adults had more severe disease, public health officials report in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine for January.
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Most adults can determine at what age their children should get vaccinated or discern from a label when to take their medicine, but they still need help understanding many basic health instructions, a new study shows.
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Approximately 10,000 cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, were reported to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003.
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Teen-agers and preteens should be  routinely immunized against meningitis using Sanofi-Aventis's  newly approved Menactra, U.S. vaccine advisers agreed on  Thursday.
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RICHMOND, March 2 -- Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Friday that he has decided to sign legislation requiring all sixth-grade girls to get immunized against a virus that causes cervical cancer if their parents don't object.
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NEW YORK  - During vaccine "scares," when  concerns arise that certain vaccines may cause health problems,  parents are quick to stop vaccinating their children, and slow  to begin re-vaccinating them once these fears begin to fade,  according to a new mathematical analysis released Monday.
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Now that a hard-to-get meningitis vaccine is more plentiful, health experts recommended Wednesday that the shots be given to all children ages 11-18.
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NEW YORK  - A new advisory by the American   Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology is   recommending that patients with cardiovascular disease get an   annual vaccination against influenza.
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WISCONSIN, NOVEMBER 25: A teenager from Wisconsin is the first human ever to survive rabies without vaccination, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday, after she received a desperate and novel type of therapy.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- A nationwide survey of 458 American pediatricians and family doctors found that most of them agree it's feasible to conduct widespread routine flu vaccinations for children aged 12 to 35 months old.
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On September 12, 15-year-old Jeanna Giese was bitten by a bat while attending a church service in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. At the time, she declined medical attention and did not receive the course of vaccinations normally given for rabies treatment.
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A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted unanimously on Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis Menactra vaccine is safe and effective for use in patients aged 11 to 55 years for the prevention of bacterial meningitis.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Children as young as 2 years old can be given the nasal spray influenza vaccine FluMist, U.S. vaccine advisers recommended Wednesday.
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Parents urged to get children vaccinated after trebling in number of cases over last 11 weeks.
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A new Sanofi-Aventis  meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies if approved, a panel of U.S. experts concluded on Wednesday.