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9 measles cases linked to Disney theme parks in California

By Amy Taxin | January 8, 2015 - 10:06am

Health experts said there isn't much a theme park could do to prevent transmission since measles is airborne, noting the best...

Health And Family

Tdap vaccine safety comparable with Td for seniors

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | October 5, 2014 - 12:00am

The tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine was as safe in seniors as the tetanus diphtheria vaccine, a finding that supports a federal recommendation to reduce pertussis risk among the elderly via Tdap ...

Opinion

The pneumococcal gauntlet has been thrown

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | September 7, 2014 - 12:00am

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has added the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to its protective roster for a subset of high-risk adul...

Opinion

Diabetes quadruples hospitalizations for liver disease

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | June 15, 2014 - 12:00am

Health care providers should be aware that adult patients with diabetes have a sharply increased risk for chronic liver disease and should be counseled accordingly, advised investigators with the Centers for Disease...

Opinion

Hepa B for diabetes patients tops vaccine recs

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | December 29, 2013 - 12:00am

Major changes regarding the use of the human papillomavirus vaccine in males, the hepatitis B vaccine in adults with diabetes and the influenza vaccine in egg-allergic individuals are among the highlights in the...

Opinion

Study finds higher-dose vaccine for seniors protects better but not great against flu

By Mike Stobbe | October 25, 2013 - 2:05am

A new high-dose flu vaccine for seniors works better than the standard shot in that age group, according to a long-awaited...

Health And Family

FDA committee considers Gardasil for anal cancer

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | May 12, 2013 - 12:00am

The human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil has moved closer to an indication for anal cancer prevention.

Opinion

Hepatitis B vaccine advised in diabetes

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | September 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Hepatitis B vaccination should be routinely given to previously unvaccinated adults with diabetes who are younger than 60 years of age, according to recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory...

Opinion

Hepatitis B outbreak affects diabetics in long-term care

By YOUR DOSE OF MEDICINE | By Charles C. Chante MD | January 22, 2012 - 12:00am

At least 17 hepatitis B virus infection outbreaks have occurred since 1996 in diabetes patients in long-term care settings, including assisted living facilities, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Opinion

Rx: Expanded use of HPV vaccine for boys

December 13, 2011 - 12:00am

 MSD or Merck recently announced that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend that boys 11 to 12 years old...

Health And Family