Vaccines

Seven Confirmed Cases in Southern and Central Maine

November 19, 2007 -- AUGUSTA – With four people being identified with a mumps infection over the past month and results of tests on between one and two dozen additional patients with the suspected illness pending, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Dora Ann Mills said that vaccination recommendations for mumps are being updated.    » read more »

Actress and Mother Jennifer Garner Kicks Off American Lung Association's Faces of Influenza Awareness Campaign, Encouraging Families to Get Vaccinated Against Influenza

New York (November 12, 2007) – Actress Jennifer Garner joined leading medical officials at a press conference today to kick off the American Lung Association’s national Faces of Influenza public awareness campaign, urging Americans to get their annual influenza vaccination.    » read more »

CDC Advises Broadening of Vaccination Efforts

November 09, 2007 -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the nation′s influenza vaccine manufacturers report that more than 103 million doses of influenza (flu) vaccine have been distributed as of November 2 — an amount that represents more doses than had ever previously been distributed at this date.    » read more »

Minnesotans urged to get vaccinated to prevent influenza

November 8, 2007 -- Minnesota has recorded its first culture-confirmed case of influenza for the 2007-08 season in a 44-year-old woman from Dakota County. The woman’s illness was caused by the B/Shanghai-like strain of the virus, the Minnesota Department of Health reported today. The woman’s virus is a good match for this year’s vaccine, health officials said. The specimen was submitted by the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.    » read more »

October 17, 2007 -- "I am pleased to see that Trust for America’s Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics have released this report highlighting the needs of pediatric populations during a pandemic influenza epidemic. As our public health system works to prepare for both a potential pandemic and seasonal influenza, we must ensure that our efforts to protect our health extend to children as well.    » read more »

October 8, 2007 -- The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is urging women who are or will be pregnant during the influenza season, and those who come in contact with high-risk populations, to receive the influenza vaccine. Pregnant women are included in the high-risk group for influenza and related complications, yet the vaccination rate for them is less than 15 percent (1989-2005 National Health Interview Survey data).    » read more »

September 13, 2007 -- The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is gearing up for the 2007-2008 influenza season by making special efforts to reach out to high-risk patients as well as children in need of a second dose of influenza vaccine. Vaccine manufacturers expect shipments to be made on-time this year and MDCH is urging providers, local health departments, and community vaccinators to begin vaccinating patients.    » read more »

08/20/2007 -- NASCAR's 3M Performance 400 in Michigan, postponed from yesterday, has been rescheduled for later this afternoon.

Consequently, Kyle Busch, Rusty Wallace and Kyle Krisiloff will not be able to attend tonight's NASCAR Night and Pit Stop Festival at Great American Ball Park and the Banks.

Source: MLB

10 May 2007 -- Two studies appearing this week in the New England Journal of Medicine confirm that a new vaccine is effective in preventing cervical cancer, a disease that kills almost 300,000 women around the world each year. But some observers worry that many unanswered questions still surround the new vaccine. VOA's Jessica Berman reports.

When it was approved by U.S. regulators a year ago, health officials were very excited about what was billed as the first cancer vaccine.    » read more »