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Over 57-year career, pediatrician says, vaccines changed everything
The Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif. If you think today's world can be a perilous place for children, imagine life in the 1950s. Seat belts in cars were not widely used, much less required. A kid wearing a bike helmet would have been mocked mercilessly. The child-resistant...Tags: Vaccines, Hospitals and Clinics, Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry, University of California, Los Angeles
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Students' health records go electronic
Khaleej TimesStudents' school health records are now linked to all Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) hospitals and clinics with the migration to electronic system by public schools, providing easier, timely and accurate information about the child's heath....Tags: Vaccines, Hospitals and Clinics, Allergies, Disease Prevention, Students
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Get vaccinated early to avoid cervical cancer, say experts
Khaleej TimesOver 50 per cent of women who contract cervical cancer, die. And those who survive suffer excruciating pain and a poor quality of life. This is the grim picture portrayed by health experts in the Capital on Monday in efforts to drive home the importance...Tags: Vaccines, United Arab Emirates, Health Organizations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention
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HPV-related cancers rose before vaccines hit market
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of some cancers related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) increased throughout the U.S. before vaccines against the sexually transmitted infection were available, says to a new study. Researchers found an increase...Tags: Vaccines, Symptoms, HIV, Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry
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PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - May 10
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The Bank of Japan's efforts to reinvigorate the nation's economy are showing...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, The New York Times, Viral Diseases and Infections, Japan, Kennedy Airport
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Merck, GSK cut price of cervical cancer shots for poor countries
Reuters* Shots will cost less than $5 per dose through GAVI deal * Human papillomavirus causes most cervical cancers * Disease kills 275,000 women a year worldwide * Vaccine group deal aims to protect 30 million girls By Kate Kelland LONDON, May 9 (Reuters)...Tags: Vaccines, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Company Incorporated, Disease Prevention
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Preteens require proper immunizations
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.As children get older and more active, the need for immunizations becomes just as important as when they were infants. Many of the old vaccines given before they started school have begun to diminish and new vaccines have been introduced to teens and...Tags: Heart Failure, Vaccines, Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry, Preventative Medicine
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EDITORIAL: Doc's prescient prescription
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.Viewed through a 2013 prism, Doc Bowen's response to the AIDS epidemic looks merely prudent, routine. But Otis R. "Doc" Bowen, a country doctor who became a beloved Indiana governor, took over as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary in 1985. For...Tags: Government, HIV, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Epidemics and Plagues, AIDS
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Routine testing key to reducing sexually transmitted diseases
Here's a sobering fact: More than 110 million people in the United States, which is more than one-third of the population, currently have a sexually transmitted disease. In 2010 alone, more than 8,000 Orange County residents were newly diagnosed with an...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, HIV, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Check your child's vaccination record
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com It's important to remember that not only infants and young children need vaccines. Older children (and even adults) continue to need vaccinations, and some vaccines are not given until a child is in his or her 'tween and teen years....Tags: Vaccines, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry
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More vaccinations needed
Khaleej TimesAt least four out of every 100,000 children under five in the UAE die due to gastroenteritis each year, caused by the rotavirus, which can be prevented through vaccination, according to health experts. Marking Vaccination Week in the Eastern...Tags: Vaccines, Rotavirus, Gastroenteritis, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine
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BRIEF: Medical organizations announce vaccine campaign
The Lebanon Daily StarMedical organizations announced Thursday they are working to increase the number of people in the country vaccinated against dangerous viruses such as Human Papilloma Virus and rotavirus. The Lebanese Pediatric Society and Merck Sharp and Dohme Lebanon,...Tags: Vaccines, Rotavirus, Lebanon, Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry
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