Vaccines in the News
Vaccines in the News
Chicago urges vaccinations after new meningitis cases
April 13, 2016
Health officials in Chicago say last summer's deadly outbreak of meningitis in gay and bisexual men is continuing with two new confirmed cases. [+] more
Twitter Study Finds Facts Don't Matter to Anti-Vaxxers
April 12, 2016
A new study of four years' worth of tweets suggests that health-care officials face an uphill battle in trying to counteract many anti-vaccine narratives. [+] more
Meet The Italian Doctor Using Facebook To Fight Anti-Vaxxers
April 12, 2016
Shocked by the growing number of children who die from vaccine-preventable diseases in Italy-as well as stories of parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids-a professor of microbiology and virology has decided to take on anti-vaxxers where they spread misinformation: on Facebook. [+] more
ASCO presents guidelines for increasing HPV vaccine uptake
April 12, 2016
Recommendations have been developed to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake, according to an American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) special article published online April 11 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. [+] more
