Children may get chickenpox jab
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The Department of Health is to consider vaccinating children in England against chickenpox.
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By Josh Goldstein, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 14--The Food and Drug Administration yesterday notified pediatricians and parents of 28 cases of a potentially life-threatening condition in infants and children vaccinated against rotavirus, a leading cause of severe diarrhea worldwide.
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MARION -- The Marion County Health Department currently has a limited supply of flu vaccine for high-risk children and the shots will only will be given during the regular Infant and Childhood Immunization Clinic held on Tuesdays.
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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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ATLANTA -- Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the US health care system nearly $100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases of the itchy disease, a study found.
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By John Moritz and Jan Jarvis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 3--AUSTIN -- Texas is poised to become the first state in the nation to require 11- and 12-year-old girls to be vaccinated for the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.   Gov.
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 18--AUSTIN -- Advocates of mandatory HPV vaccines for Texas schoolgirls rest their case on sound science -- medical evidence that a few shots could nearly eradicate the sexually transmitted disease and the cancer it can cause.
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the U.S. health care system nearly &#36;100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases of the itchy disease, a study found.
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NEW YORK  - Estimates show that vaccinating fewer than 50 children who are 5 years old or younger against the flu prevents one flu-related visit to the doctor's office or emergency room, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Applying a topical anesthetic  half an hour beforehand reduces pain for children getting a  measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot, according to a report by  Canadian researchers.
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According to a new study, governments that pay for their children to be vaccinated against chicken pox save millions of dollars and have far fewer people being admitted to hospital.
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Taking up a potentially explosive issue among religious conservatives, an influential government advisory panel Thursday recommended that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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AN OUTBREAK of a disease that can kill babies has sparked a warning for Territory parents to vaccinate their children. An Australia-wide alert has been called after Western Australian health
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Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the American health care system nearly $100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases, a study has found.
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The Ontario government unveiled the details of the second phase of its childhood immunization program Tuesday, becoming one of the few provinces that immunizes children free of charge against chicken pox and meningitis.
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Pupils at a primary school are offered  bird flu medicine as a child from the school is believed to have the virus.