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Author Insights: Two Doses of HPV Vaccine Reduce Genital Wart Risk
Just 2 doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine reduced the risk of young women developing genital warts, although 3 doses provided even greater protection, according to a study published in...
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Study: Constant Refrigeration Not Needed to Deliver Viable Meningitis Vaccine...
One of the reasons that millions of people worldwide are undervaccinated and susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases is the need to keep vaccines refrigerated—something that is difficult to do in...
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Reducing Health Disparities With Proven Programs
National and local programs that have succeeded in reducing or eliminating racial or ethnic health disparities are outlined in a new report published as a supplement to today’s Morbidity and Mortality...
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High Rotavirus Vaccination Rates Continue to Pay Off
The United States continues to see dividends from efforts to vaccinate young children against rotavirus infection, with fewer children hospitalized for diarrheal illness through 2011, according to an...
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Outbreaks Among Unvaccinated Drive Measles Upsurge
Measles outbreaks around the globe and pockets of unvaccinated US residents are driving a resurgence of measles in the United States. Some 539 US measles cases were reported between January 1 and June...
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JAMA Forum: Of Mouse and Measles
“Mickey Mouse Gets the Measles,” reported one website. “Space Mountain with a Side of Measles,” proclaimed a news blog, which could not resist adding that Measles was “not the name of an eighth ‘Snow...
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JAMA Forum: On the Public Harms of Personal Health Care Choices
In February, some parents’ decisions not to vaccinate their children caused great hubbub in the United States, fueled by measles outbreaks and a few politicians’ expressions of respect for this choice...
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JAMA Forum: When Good Science Doesn’t Sway Minds, It’s Time to Move On
Just recently, a study published in JAMA once again confirmed that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not related to autism. The study’s findings, widely covered in the media, are...
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JAMA Forum: Public Health vs Personal Liberty: Reflections on the California...
On June 30, when California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law new legislation that requires most children in the state to be vaccinated, public health was pitted once again against personal liberty....
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JAMA Forum: Vaccines and the Trump Administration
Writing recently in the New York Times, infectious disease physician Peter Hotez warned: “It’s looking as if 2017 could become the year when the anti-vaccination movement gains ascendancy in the United...
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