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Why Whooping Cough Vaccines Are Wearing Off Doctors race to protect kids as whooping cough vaccines wear off By Maryn McKenna  | Tuesday, October 1, 2013 By late summer 2010 an alarming number of children in California had developed pertussis, or whooping cough—five times as many as in the first half of 2009. David Witt,…

The FDA has granted Priority Review to Arexvy for the prevention of RSV disease in adults aged 50 to 59 years who are at increased risk for RSV disease.

This continuously updated tracker shows Michigan's COVID-19 case numbers, positivity rate, county infection rates, and weekly cases along with maps and daily state curve data.

I was told to receive a shingles vaccination; I need to be enrolled in a Part D prescription drug plan for the vaccination to have a $0 copay or pay

Older adults, patients with weakened immune systems, individuals living in long-term facilities, and those with underlying cardiopulmonary disease are at a higher risk of developing severe RSV infection outcomes.

Effectiveness of the 2023-2024 vaccine lands at 54% for symptomatic cases

The burden of RSV in the older population is becoming highly recognized as studies have assessed higher-risk individuals in industrialized and developing countries.

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The immunization team will visit schools in Jersey beginning at the end of January to administer the vaccine and to provide protection against HPV and specific cancer types for the school children.

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