Tag Archives: Vaccination

CDC Recommends Lowering the Age for Pneumococcal Vaccination from 65 to 50 Years Old November 7th, 2024Hugh Real

CDC Recommends Lowering the Age for Pneumococcal Vaccination from 65 to 50 Years Old

November 7, 2024News & Updatesfrom, lowering, Pneumococcal, Recommends, Vaccination, yearsHugh Real

Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50 years old.

CDC Updates RSV Vaccination Recommendation for Adults July 7th, 2024Harold Ramos

CDC Updates RSV Vaccination Recommendation for Adults

July 7, 2024News & Updatesadults, recommendation, Updates, VaccinationHarold Ramos

For the upcoming respiratory virus season, CDC recommends everyone age 75 and older receive the RSV vaccine.

Seniors in Care Facilities Have More Protection Available This Year: CDC Encourages Vaccination Against Flu, COVID-19 and RSV December 23rd, 2023Beverly Stephens

Seniors in Care Facilities Have More Protection Available This Year: CDC Encourages Vaccination Against Flu, COVID-19 and RSV

December 23, 2023News & UpdatesAgainst, Available, Care, COVID19, Encourages, Facilities, Have, More, Protection, Seniors, Vaccination, yearBeverly Stephens

New research in this week’s MMWR finds that most nursing home residents haven’t received an updated COVID-19 vaccine or the new RSV vaccine.

New study shows Tdap vaccination during pregnancy can prevent whooping cough in babies – Press Release December 21st, 2023Debra Boyland

New study shows Tdap vaccination during pregnancy can prevent whooping cough in babies – Press Release

December 21, 2023News & UpdatesBabies, cough, During, Pregnancy, Press, Prevent, Release, Shows, Study, Tdap, Vaccination, WhoopingDebra Boyland

A new CDC study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases reported that vaccination with whooping cough vaccine, Tdap, during the third trimester of pregnancy prevented more than three out of four (78 percent) cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis) in babies younger than two months.

HHS Launches Bridge Access Program to Ensure Free COVID-19 Vaccination for Uninsured and Underinsured Adults September 15th, 2023Marian Moorman

HHS Launches Bridge Access Program to Ensure Free COVID-19 Vaccination for Uninsured and Underinsured Adults

September 15, 2023News & UpdatesAccess, adults, Bridge, COVID19, Ensure, free, launches, Program, Underinsured, uninsured, VaccinationMarian Moorman

In April, HHS announced the ‘HHS Bridge Access Program For COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments Program'(“Program”) to maintain broad access to COVID-19 vaccines for millions of uninsured Americans.

CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations – Media Advisory June 13th, 2023Cathy Roberts

CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations – Media Advisory

June 13, 2023News & UpdatesAdvisory, Brazil, Fever, Media, Outbreak, Recommendations, Update, Vaccination, YellowCathy Roberts

CDC will host a media teleconference to discuss a deadly outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil described in the March 16 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Telebriefing Transcript: CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations – Transcript June 11th, 2023Mary Green

Telebriefing Transcript: CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations – Transcript

June 11, 2023News & UpdatesBrazil, Fever, Outbreak, Recommendations, Telebriefing, Transcript, Update, Vaccination, YellowMary Green

CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations

More US adolescents up to date on HPV vaccination February 22nd, 2023Amanda Blackmore

More US adolescents up to date on HPV vaccination

February 22, 2023News & Updatesadolescents, date, More, VaccinationAmanda Blackmore

The number of adolescents who are up to date on HPV vaccination – meaning they started and completed the HPV vaccine series – increased five percentage points from 2016 to 2017, according to results from a national survey published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy benefits US infants February 10th, 2023Joyce Lawson

Whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy benefits US infants

February 10, 2023News & UpdatesBenefits, cough, During, Infants, Pregnancy, Vaccination, WhoopingJoyce Lawson

A CDC study published today provides further evidence that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy helps protect newborns from whooping cough during their first two months of life, when they are most vulnerable to the disease.

CDC Media Telebriefing: Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten – United States, 2020-21 School Year April 27th, 2022Beverly Stephens

CDC Media Telebriefing: Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten – United States, 2020-21 School Year

April 27, 2022News & Updates202021, Among, children, Coverage, Exemption, Kindergarten, Media, Rates, School, Selected, States, Telebriefing, United, Vaccination, Vaccines, yearBeverly Stephens

Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss Thursday’s MMWR, “Vaccination Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten – United States, 2020-21 School Year.” Information presented in the telebriefing is embargoed until Thursday, April 21 at 1pm ET.