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Texas Children's Vaccine Experts Present
Four Studies at National Vaccine Conference
Houston, TX – (May
4, 2010) – Advances in vaccine delivery and efficacy were discussed at the 44th National Immunization Conference sponsored
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A research study by each
of the four directors from the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas
Children’s Hospital was presented.
Dr. Julie Boom answered questions about autism and vaccines on Chron.com.
Houston, TX (Feb. 5, 2010) – Dr. Julie Boom is a pediatric immunization specialist
who directs the Immunization Project at Texas Children's Hospital and works with
the hospital's Center for Vaccine Awareness & Research.
Nation's first
"Cocoon Strategy" vaccination program delivers 10,000th immunization
Houston, TX (Feb. 1, 2010) – Physicians from the Center for Vaccine Awareness and
Research at Texas Children’s Hospital reported that 10,000 Tdap immunizations have
now been administered to the mothers and immediate family members of newborn babies
at Harris County Hospital District's Ben Taub General Hospital, where the patient
population is generally at higher risk for pertussis infection.
Texas
Children's Hospital physician finds rotavirus vaccine effective in protecting young
children
Houston, TX (Jan. 19, 2010) – Vaccinating children against rotavirus before they
become toddlers greatly diminishes their chances of contracting the disease, according
to the results of a study conducted by Texas Children’s Hospital that is published
in the February 2010 issue of Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy
of Pediatrics.
Dr. Carol Baker
chimes in on the debate about autism and vaccines with Austin radio station KUT-90.50
FM.
Austin, TX (Jan. 4, 2010) – This week, a British medical journal retracted a 1998
article that suggested a link between autism and vaccines.
At what
sites are parents willing to have their 11 through 14-year-old adolescents immunized?
Vaccine. 2010 Mar 19;28(14):2674-8.
Epub 2010 Jan 17.
Middleman AB, Tung JS.
Effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in a large, urban U.S. population.
Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):e199-207. Epub 2010 Jan 18.
Boom JA, Tate JE, Sahni LC, Rench MA, Hull JJ, Gentsch JR, Patel MM, Baker
CJ, Parashar UD.
Pertussis immunization in a high-risk postpartum population.
Vaccine. 2009 Sep 18;27(41):5599-602. Epub 2009 Jul 30.
Healy CM, Rench MA, Castagnini LA, Baker CJ.
Group B streptococcal conjugate vaccine elicits functional antibodies regardless
of strain O-acetylation.
Vaccine. 2009 Jul 16;27(33):4452-6. Epub 2009 May 31.
Pannaraj PS, Edwards MS, Ewing KT, Lewis AL, Rench MA, Baker CJ.
Immunization programs for infants, children, adolescents and adults: Clinical practice
guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):817-40.
Pickering LK, Baker CJ, Freed GL, Gall SA, Grogg SE, Poland GA, Rodewald
LE, Schaffner W, Stinchfield P, Tan L, Zimmerman RK, Orenstein WA; Infectious Diseases
Society of America.
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