MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hib'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946469&cid=t_160707_87_f&fid=39261&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvactruth.com%2F2010%2F08%2F26%2Findia-halts-vaccine-programme-after-deaths%2F Christina England vactruth.com 08/26/2010 Vaccine programmes grind to a halt in India once more, when four children died after they received the measles vaccination in Lucknow. The four children were reported to have fainted soon after they were vaccinated and witnesses reported seeing the children’s eyes roll back as they began to have seizures. All of the children were under the age of two years of age, with the youngest being just six months. Sadly the children died before medical aid workers could reach them. As news of the deaths spread, immunization drives in 41 villages have been halted until further investigations have taken place. // The Indian Express stated in their article “4 children die within minutes of vaccination” that- “The immunisation programm... vactruth.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946469 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:42:10 +0100 3946469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089288&cid=t_160707_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsabin.org%2Ffiles%2Fattachment%2Fvalue_vaccination_bloom_canning_weston.pdf The following post by Lois Privor-Dumm, IMBA, Director of Alliances and Information for the PneumoADIP at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Lois heads up several vaccine projects related to advocacy and communications as well as access and implementation. She is currently working as Director, Large Country Introduction for the Accelerated Vaccine Introduction Technical Assistance Consortium (AVI TAC), a GAVI-funded project with an aim to accelerate introduction of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines in low-income countries. Lois has been at Johns Hopkins since 2005 helping guide strategies and accelerated uptake on both the Hib Initiative and Pneu... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089288 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:03:19 +0100 3089288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879687&cid=t_160707_123_f&fid=39041&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrnabong.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Ftwo-deaths-reported-from-unvaccinated.html We can not but re-emphasize the importance of vaccination in children. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health announces that 5 cases of Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) invasive disease occurred in children in Pennsylvania since October 2008 resulting in 2 deaths. All of these cases were in unvaccinated or undervaccinated children. We have told the parents of our patients time and again the importance of these vaccines. The sad part is the deaths could have been totally prevented by vaccinating their children. We have a growing population here in Scottsdale, Arizona of mothers not wanting to vaccinate their children. They do not see the diseases around and are very worried that the vaccines could do harm to their babies. Since the majority of the kids are vaccinated these pockets o... Dr Nabong's Pediatric Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879687 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:21:00 +0100 2879687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879689&cid=t_160707_123_f&fid=39041&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrnabong.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fhemophilus-influenza-serotype-b.html There has been an outbreak of Hemophilus Influeza Serotype B infection in Minnesota. This involved 5 underimmunized children younger than 3 years old, including one death. This serious disease has benn uncommon since we started the routine use of the Hib vaccine which began in 1990. There has been a Hib shortage in December 2007 and it was suggested to hold off on the immunization of the Hib for children from 12-15 months of age. The shortage should be expected to last till the mid-2009. We can not but emphasize the importance that vaccines protect our children from these serious diseases.Invasive Hemophilus disease can cause pneumonia, meningitis, epiglottitis( I graduated in 1998 and I have not seen a single case of epiglottitis), septic arthritis, cellulitis, ear infections and affects ... Dr Nabong's Pediatric Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879689 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:26:00 +0100 2879689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1090647&cid=t_160707_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F199434567%2F The reason is sterility at a manufacturing plant in West Point, Pennsylvania, that began to surface about one month ago. The vaccine, for those who aren’t aware, is used to prevent meningitis and pneumonia in the form of a three-dose shot for kids under 5 years old, although it’s usually given to infants beginning when they reach two months of age. The recall is being described by FDA and CDC officials as precautionary and, in a teleconference this evening, stressed there is no immediate health threat and described the move as a “nuisance.” However, there is a risk of an outbreak if supplies don’t return to normal over the next several months. Merck and Sanofi-Aventis are the only two drugmakers that supply this vaccine and the usual annual stockpile is about ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1090647 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:56:09 +0100 1090647