Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes World Immunization Week during the last week of April. For 2020, the theme was #VaccinesWork for All, and the WHO focused its awareness campaign on, “how vaccines as well as the people who develop, deliver and receive them are . . . champions by working to protect the health of everyone, everywhere.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Immunization
Could Vaccines Cure Cancer? Early Trials Show Potential Application for Melanoma
According to a recent article in Medical News Today, “Scientists have developed a new vaccine that — in conjunction with existing therapies — can not only treat aggressive melanoma, but also prevent its recurrence.” The research is being performed at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, and the complete results of the latest study have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Continue reading
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Sponsored by the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Immunization Awareness Month is intended to help “promote the importance of immunizations,” and spread accurate information about the safety and risk factors associated with all types of CDC-recommended vaccinations. Continue reading