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Missed shots: adult vaccines.(part 2)(Industry Overview)
One of the public-health system's least known and most deplorable failings is this: Each year, some 40,000 Americans die of diseases that could have been prevented by routine adult vaccines. That's the same number that die from traffic accidents annually. And while sustained private and public support has made near-universal child immunization one of the shining medical success stories of the past century, adult immunization has languished in sometimes fatal neglect.
"Even most physicians don't realize that the vast majority of vaccine-preventable diseases--and deaths--occur in adults, not children," says William Schaffner, M.D., chairman of the department of ...
- Recommended adult vaccines updated.(NATION IN BRIEF)
- Magazine article from: The Nation's Health Arias, Donya C. December 1, 2007 700+ words
...be used for adults younger than 65 who have not previously received a vaccination. The updated recommendations were published in the Oct. 19 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and are available online at www.cdc.gov/ mmwr.
- Revenues for adult vaccines increasing across the board in world market.(VITAL...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News March 1, 2007 700+ words
Revenues for Adult Vaccines Increasing Across the Board in World Market. 2004 2005 Pneumococcal $380 $415 Hepatitis A and B $746 $824 Influenza $1,500 $1,700 Source: Kalorama Information Note: Table made from bar graph.
- Adult Vaccines Come to the Foreground.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Rosenberg, Ronald September 10, 1997 700+ words
Sep. 10--Whether they're for whooping cough, rubella, measles or mumps, vaccines have long been the bane of babies and young children. Now it's their parents and grandparents who may be lining up for inoculations soon. Aging baby boomers in remission from cancer will some day get injections to
- STUDY: DOCTORS NOT TOUTING ADULT VACCINES.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) December 6, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Associated Press CHICAGO -- Doctors are not following guidelines recommending flu and pneumonia vaccinations for hospitalized adults, leaving millions of elderly patients vulnerable to potentially deadly ailments, a study suggests. Of patients aged 65 and older who were not already
- CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Votes for Permissive Use and...
- Newspaper article from: Cancer Vaccine Week November 2, 2009 700+ words
...least 25 percent of cases. CDC adds GARDASIL to Vaccines for...voted to add GARDASIL to the CDC's VFC program. Since 1994...vaccines through VFC once the CDC contracts for the purchase of...was established in 2008 to add adult vaccines to Merck's Patient Assistance...
- CDC Games Names President of CDC Games International.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 22, 2007 700+ words
Jeffrey Longoria Moves from CDC Software to Take Key Leadership Position ATLANTA & BEIJING -- CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and a pioneer of the "free-to-play, pay for merchandise" model for online...
- CDC Games Reiterates Revenue and Adjusted Net Income Guidance for Second...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 21, 2008 700+ words
SHANGHAI, China & ATLANTA -- CDC Games, a business unit of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and pioneer of the "free...reiterates its previously announced revenue guidance for CDC Games of (U.S.)$11 million to (U.S.)$12...
- CDC Corporation Shifts Senior Management to Further Support Rapid Growth in Key...
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 18, 2007 700+ words
Peter Yip to Serve as CEO of CDC Games and Eric Musser Promoted to CEO of CDC Software BEIJING, China & ATLANTA -- CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), focused on global enterprise software and China New Media, which includes mobile applications...