KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to include GARDASIL®9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) in the recommendations for use of HPV vaccines. GARDASIL 9 has been added to the routine recommendations for vaccination of 11- and 12- year-old females and males. The vaccination series can be started at age nine. Vaccination is also recommended for females aged 13 to 26 and for males aged 13 to 21 who have not been vaccinated previously or have not completed the 3-dose series. GARDASIL 9 is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in males 16 years of age and above.
Merck’s 9-Valent HPV Vaccine, GARDASIL®9, Recommended by CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Females Aged 9-26 and Males Aged 9-21 | Merck Newsroom Home
Thursday, February 26, 2015
ALLY Trial Demonstrates 97% Hepatitis C Cure Rates Among Patients Coinfected with HIV After Ribavirin-Free Investigational 12-Week Regimen of Daclatasvir and Sofosbuvir | BMS Newsroom
Daclatasvir-sofosbuvir 12-week regimen resulted in:
96% hepatitis C cure rate among patients with HVC genotype 1 disease (n=80/83)
100% hepatitis C cure rate among patients with HCV genotype 2, 3 and 4 disease (n=26/26)
High HCV cure rates seen with no need to alter existing HIV medication regimens
ALLY Trial Demonstrates 97% Hepatitis C Cure Rates Among Patients Coinfected with HIV After Ribavirin-Free Investigational 12-Week Regimen of Daclatasvir and Sofosbuvir | BMS Newsroom
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Impfmüdigkeit und Ängste: Warum gibt es plötzlich so viele Maserninfektionen? - Gesundheit - Bild.de
Masern in Deutschland! Seit einigen Wochen werden immer mehr Fälle der gefährlichen Kinderkrankheit gemeldet. In Berlin starb jetzt ein Kleinkind (1) an der Infektion.
Impfmüdigkeit und Ängste: Warum gibt es plötzlich so viele Maserninfektionen? - Gesundheit - Bild.de
Impfmüdigkeit und Ängste: Warum gibt es plötzlich so viele Maserninfektionen? - Gesundheit - Bild.de
Ahead of Print -Lives of a Cell: 40 Years Later, A Third Interpretation - Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
Monday, February 23, 2015
Ebola Prompts Foreigner Ban From NKorea Marathon - YouTube
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North Korean authorities are barring foreigners from this year's Pyongyang marathon, a popular tourist event, due to ongoing Ebola travel restrictions. (Feb. 23)
Ebola Prompts Foreigner Ban From NKorea Marathon - YouTube
Ich und die Grippe-Welle | Wissen & Umwelt | DW.DE | 20.02.2015
Leere Schulen, verwaiste Büros - die Grippe zieht durch Deutschland. Das Gute daran: Wer seine Krankheitssymptome online dokumentiert, kann eine Kaffeemaschine gewinnen. Und gleichzeitig etwas für die Wissenschaft tun!
Ich und die Grippe-Welle | Wissen & Umwelt | DW.DE | 20.02.2015
Ich und die Grippe-Welle | Wissen & Umwelt | DW.DE | 20.02.2015
Kleinkind in Berlin an Masern gestorben: Wie gefährlich sind Masern wirklich? - Gesundheit - Bild.de
Die Masern-Epidemie hat neue, schreckliche Ausmaße erreicht: Ein Kleinkind ist in Berlin an der Infektionskrankheit gestorben. Das Kind im Alter von anderthalb Jahren sei am 18. Februar in einem Krankenhaus der Infektionskrankheit erlegen, sagte Berlins Gesundheitssenator Mario Czaja (CDU) am Montag. Wie es sich angesteckt hat, ist noch unklar. Laut „Tagesspiegel“ handelt es sich um einen Jungen.
Kleinkind in Berlin an Masern gestorben: Wie gefährlich sind Masern wirklich? - Gesundheit - Bild.de
Kleinkind in Berlin an Masern gestorben: Wie gefährlich sind Masern wirklich? - Gesundheit - Bild.de
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Mans death leads to discovery of new virus in Kansas CDC reports - KCTV5
(CNN) -The CDC has discovered a new virus that may have contributed to a Kansas man's death, the agency announced Friday.
Named the Bourbon virus after the county where the patient lived, the virus is likely spread by tick or insect bites, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/28162865/mans-death-leads-to-discovery-of-new-virus-in-kansas-cdc-reports#ixzz3SOMSmPlG
Mans death leads to discovery of new virus in Kansas CDC reports - KCTV5
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Ahead of Print -Enterovirus D68–Associated Severe Pneumonia, China, 2014 - Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Vaccination rate leaves Miami-Dade at risk | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald
Measles, a disease once declared eradicated in the United States, has swept into almost 30 states since last year.
Could South Florida be next? Experts say “maybe.”
Vaccination rate leaves Miami-Dade at risk | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Aggressive HIV strain identified in Cuba, research says | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald
A strain of HIV that progresses to full-blown AIDS within three years if left untreated has become “epidemic” among newly-infected patients in Cuba who reported having unprotected sex with multiple partners, according to astudy published this week by international researchers working with patients and doctors on the Caribbean island nation.
The strain of HIV — a combination of three subtypes of the virus — progresses so fast, researchers at Belgium’s Catholic University of Leuvenreported they worry that patients infected with the mutated virus may not seek antiretroviral therapy until it’s too late.
Aggressive HIV strain identified in Cuba, research says | The Miami Herald The Miami Herald
Friday, February 13, 2015
Ahead of Print -Probable Toxic Cause for Suspected Lychee-Linked Viral Encephalitis - Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Bob Simon was killed Wednesday in a car crash: His last story will air Sunday - Feb. 12, 2015
In the hours before Bob Simon died in a car accident on Wednesday night, the CBS News correspondent was at the offices of "60 Minutes" finishing a story about a possible cure for Ebola.
The story was scheduled to air this Sunday, and CBS is still moving ahead with it. "That is the plan," "60 Minutes" spokesman Kevin Tedesco said Thursday morning.
Bob Simon was killed Wednesday in a car crash: His last story will air Sunday - Feb. 12, 2015
The story was scheduled to air this Sunday, and CBS is still moving ahead with it. "That is the plan," "60 Minutes" spokesman Kevin Tedesco said Thursday morning.
Bob Simon was killed Wednesday in a car crash: His last story will air Sunday - Feb. 12, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Bats with White Nose Syndrome: An Interview with David Blehert | JSTOR Daily
the outskirts of Madison, Wisconsin at the United States Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center, David Blehert sits in an office that overlooks a prairie restoration project. Swallows—looking to my amateur eyes an awful lot like the bats Blehert studies—nosedive over the tall grass, missing his window by mere inches.
Blehert is the branch chief of the Wildlife Disease Diagnostic Laboratories, where he and his colleagues investigate the causes of death in wildlife brought to their facilities from across the United States. Their goal is to diagnose and minimize the impact of disease on wildlife.
Bats with White Nose Syndrome: An Interview with David Blehert | JSTOR Daily
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Sen. Roberts on importance of vaccinations during the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases - YouTube
Sen. Roberts on Importance of vaccinations during the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases
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Sen. Roberts on importance of vaccinations during the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases - YouTube
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Sen. Roberts on importance of vaccinations during the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases - YouTube
Alexander Questions Witnesses at HELP Hearing on Vaccines - YouTube
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander questions a panel of witnesses, including Dr. Kelly Moore of the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, about the Measles outbreak at today's hearing, "The Reemergence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Exploring the Public Health Successes and Challenges."
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Alexander Questions Witnesses at HELP Hearing on Vaccines - YouTube
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Alexander Questions Witnesses at HELP Hearing on Vaccines - YouTube
Alexander Questions Dr. Anne Schuchat of CDC at HELP Hearing on Vaccines - YouTube
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander today asked Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the Measles outbreak and why parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children at today's hearing, "The Reemergence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Exploring the Public Health Successes and Challenges."
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Alexander Questions Dr. Anne Schuchat of CDC at HELP Hearing on Vaccines - YouTube
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Alexander Questions Dr. Anne Schuchat of CDC at HELP Hearing on Vaccines - YouTube
Senator Alexander: Vaccines Save Lives - YouTube
At today's hearing on the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases, Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander said: “From smallpox to polio, we have learned in the United States that vaccines save lives. And yet a troubling number of parents are not vaccinating their children.”
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Alexander: Vaccines Save Lives - YouTube
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Alexander: Vaccines Save Lives - YouTube
Monday, February 9, 2015
Measles Parties? Some Parents Want to Infect Kids to Build Immunity
The measles outbreak is continuing to spread in the United States with over 110 cases present in at least 16 states.
Some parents who refuse to get their kids vaccinated have come up with another plan: hosting measles parties.
Measles Parties? Some Parents Want to Infect Kids to Build Immunity
Saturday, February 7, 2015
New York City subways are covered in these germs | Mashable - YouTube
Bubonic plague? Kimichi? NYC's subways have strange forms of bacteria.
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New York City subways are covered in these germs | Mashable - YouTube
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New York City subways are covered in these germs | Mashable - YouTube
Measles numbers rise as daycare centers make changes - YouTube
There are at least 155 reported measles cases in 16 states, the latest at a daycare facility in Illinois. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning:Saturday" to discuss what is being done to stop the outbreak.
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Measles numbers rise as daycare centers make changes - YouTube
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Measles numbers rise as daycare centers make changes - YouTube
Friday, February 6, 2015
Missouri, Kansas vaccination rates lag behind most states | Local News - KMBC Home
Missouri governor says vaccines are public health concern
Missouri, Kansas vaccination rates lag behind most states | Local News - KMBC Home
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Ahead of Print -Safety of Recombinant VSV–Ebola Virus Vaccine Vector in Pigs - Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
Ahead of Print -Ebola and Psychological Stress of Health Care Professionals - Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
California looks to tighten exemptions for measles vaccinations - YouTube
As cases of measles continue to spike, California lawmakers are re-thinking the state's stance on allowing parents to opt out of vaccinations. Ben Tracy reports.
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California looks to tighten exemptions for measles vaccinations - YouTube
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California looks to tighten exemptions for measles vaccinations - YouTube
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Ahead of Print -Polycystic Echinococcosis in Pacas, Amazon Region, Peru - Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
Measles and myths: Medical expert addresses skepticism over vaccine - YouTube
A daycare inside a high school in Santa Monica, California, is shut down, and 14 babies are quarantined at home. One infant tested positive for the measles. The full vaccination cannot be given until babies are a year old. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the safety of vaccines.
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Measles and myths: Medical expert addresses skepticism over vaccine - YouTube
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Measles and myths: Medical expert addresses skepticism over vaccine - YouTube
Monday, February 2, 2015
Obama: Vaccinate kids against measles | TheHill
President Obama encouraged parents in an interview to be broadcast Monday to vaccinate their children against measles, saying it’s “good for them.”
During an interview with NBC News to be shown on the “Today" show, Obama said he wants people to “know the facts and the science and the information.”
Obama: Vaccinate kids against measles | TheHill
Sunday, February 1, 2015
As measles outbreak grows, some doctors refuse unvaccinated patients - YouTube
The measles outbreak that started last month at Disneyland isn't slowing down. But now a growing number of doctors are refusing to treat patients who are not vaccinated. Carter Evans reports.
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As measles outbreak grows, some doctors refuse unvaccinated patients - YouTube
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As measles outbreak grows, some doctors refuse unvaccinated patients - YouTube
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