A public-private initiative has restored full funding to a Washington state program that has for years purchased vaccine for the state’s children.
Virus kills more than 500,000 children a year worldwide.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Science for Life series: February 25 Keeping Tumors at Bay with Vaccines For many patients, winning the battle against cancer is more complicated than surviving a first diagnosis–the chance of recurrence can be high. Dr. Nora Disis, Hutchinson Center researcher and University of Washington professor, is working to develop vaccines [...]
Washington Global Health Alliance invites you to its Global Health 101 session on influenza: Influenza: here today, gone tomorrow? If you hesitate to attend WGHA events due to a lack of global health knowledge, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute’s Global Health 101 provides a perfect primer for your understanding of global health concepts and vocabulary. Influenza [...]
The vaccine for seasonal flu is now available in Seattle & King County.
In its “Parent’s Guide to Kids’ Vaccines” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration addresses many questions parents have about the vaccines that are recommended for their children and provides a list of these vaccines, their purpose and common side effects.
It’s time to stop spending money looking for a link between vaccines and autism, says a co-founder of a new autism advocacy group called the Autism Science Foundation. Many parents remain unnecessarily concerned that vaccines cause autism despite the results of a large number of studies that have found no evidence of such a link, [...]
Each year 50,000 Americans die from a vaccine-preventable infections, and almost all of them—95%—are adults. Influenza, for example, causes an average of 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. every year, but less than half of the adults for whom the vaccine is recommended get the shot. Pneunococcal infections, when can cause lung, blood [...]
Virginia Mason Medical Center reports that 99% of its staff members have been immunized against influenza, the highest rate Virginia Mason has achieved since implementing its patient safety policy in 2005. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all health-care personnel be vaccinated each year to protect themselves and to prevent [...]
In Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, Dr. Offit examines the the theories of those who hold that vaccines cause autism.
Reports that some of this winter’s influenza viruses are resistant of the drug Tamiflu underscores the importance of getting your flu shot, say Public Health – Seattle & King County officials in a health advisory. The warning was issued in response to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention that [...]
Researchers from Seattle and Sweden met in Seattle last weekend to discuss the latest diabetes research The annual Seattle-Sweden conferences are designed to highlight a number of collaborative projects between diabetes researchers working here and in Sweden.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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Don’t bet on it.
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