Sentences with phrase «of vaccine coverage»

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If a religion - based employer of non religion member workers, was morally opposed to blood transfusions and vaccines (i.e. Jehovah's Witnesses), should they be allowed to exclude these services from the medical insurance coverage that they are required to provide?

Mr. Speaker, sector challenges affected the purchase of vaccines, resulting in lower than targeted immunization coverage in the first half of 2017.

This high variability of influenza virus in the study region (and other subtropical / tropical climates) will require improved vaccines with broader antigenic coverage, the authors report.

The vaccine is currently voluntary in most U.S. states, and only a smattering of vaccination coverage campaigns exist, such as those launched by the New York City Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Health in the past year.

Even with 94 percent coverage [via the injected vaccine with the dead virus] you still have 6 percent of the population that can get the virus, and there are still risks among the 94 percent, too.

In the study, a tipping point represented the point at which vaccine coverage declines dramatically due to spreading fear, which could cause large disease outbreaks due to a loss of population immunity.

A resurgence in whooping cough cases in the U.S. is likely due to incomplete vaccine coverage in the past combined with waning protection from the vaccine, according to a new study published in the March 28 issue of Science Translational Medicine.

Such a discrepancy exists because for the last three decades the global health community — governments, international organisations and aid agencies — have used just one or two «tracer» vaccines to measure immunisation coverage, usually the third dose of DTP or sometimes the first dose of measles.

A 61 % majority of Americans give the media positive marks for their coverage of issues related to the MMR vaccine.

«The results of our study find substantial public health and economic consequences with even minor reductions in MMR coverage due to vaccine hesitancy and directly confront the notion that measles is no longer a threat in the United States.

Global access to vaccines has been improving, now reaching close to 90 percent in some parts of the developing world, says Michel Zaffran, deputy secretary for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance), an aid group that works to improve global vaccine coverage and helped develop the pivaccines has been improving, now reaching close to 90 percent in some parts of the developing world, says Michel Zaffran, deputy secretary for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance), an aid group that works to improve global vaccine coverage and helped develop the piVaccines and Immunization (GAVI Alliance), an aid group that works to improve global vaccine coverage and helped develop the pilot AMC.

The special cholera section of the Journal also includes evidence that cholera vaccine has a role to play in fighting the epidemic, despite the many challenges to achieving meaningful coverage in Haiti.

The authors estimate that even a 5 percent decline in MMR vaccine coverage in the U.S. would result in an estimated three-fold increase in national measles cases in children ages 2 to 11, for a total of 150 cases and an additional $ 2.1 million in public sector costs.

The study notes that by adding the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) to the picture — and achieving a 20 percent coverage rate within five years — the number of cases averted could rise to 88,974.

The authors think that these benefits could facilitate the implementation of HPV immunization programs in low - income countries, as well as improve the relatively low vaccine coverage and series completion rates observed in some developed countries.

«Combining MMR and varicella into a single vaccine decreases pain for children and distress for parents, thus addressing common barriers to vaccine uptake, and may improve vaccination coverage levels and decrease immunization delivery costs,» writes Dr. Shannon MacDonald, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.

«These findings clearly point to the very important role that health care providers can play in increasing coverage with this safe and effective vaccine,» said lead author Linda M. Niccolai, Ph.D., associate professor in the school's Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program of the Yale Cancer Center.

Influenza vaccine coverage overall is low among young children and those in need of two doses in a given season are at particular risk, with less than half of those who receive the first dose returning to receive the second needed doses.

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In fact, he says, the study of sewage and river water samples from Japan demonstrates the relative safety of the vaccine - derived virus: Although virulent vaccine - derived viruses in the environment «are actually a pretty common event,» he says, «we don't see outbreaks» of vaccine - caused disease, even in areas where vaccination coverage is relatively low.

The science of persuasion may be uncertain, but immunization advocates have other approaches to help increase vaccine coverage.

Frenk notes that Mexico has excellent vaccine coverage of children under 5 years old and the elderly, the two groups that have been spared in this outbreak.

Individuals from all 50 states and the District of Columbia were surveyed about insurance coverage for multiple health services, including mammograms, colonoscopies, dental care, mental health services, screening tests for diabetes and high cholesterol, vaccines, and birth control medications.

«If you've seen a big drop in vaccine coverage and you've seen a surge of disease because of that, you can use these models to predict how long it will take vaccine coverage to recover,» said Professor Bauch.

It remains to be seen what the implications would be for health insurance coverage and public financing of treatments if vaccines or treatments vary by genotype.

Addressing these questions is particularly important for Streptococcus pneumoniae, a nasopharyngeal commensal and respiratory pathogen, because the changes in population structure associated with the recent introduction of partial - coverage vaccines have substantially reduced pneumococcal disease.

Vaccination coverage is more important than the vaccine's specific effectiveness because of the concept of «herd immunity,» Sah explained.

And a coverage increase to 50 percent of the population would save the lives of more than 8,400 additional people with the same vaccine, along with heading off another 3.6 million infections and almost 22,000 hospitalizations.

Most pet insurance companies offer plans with and without a deductible, some will not cover the cost of routine health care such as vaccines and neutering, and some offer add on coverage to help with these costs.

There are now a range of plans available at most insurance providers, from basic catastrophic coverage to comprehensive plans that cover everything from routine exams and vaccines to dental cleanings.

This vaccine pack provides comprehensive coverage against two strains of the Canine Influenza Virus — H3N8 and H3N2.

VANGUARD ® crLyme is a multivalent vaccine which contains an OspA protein and a single OspC protein that is composed of antigenic material from seven common types of OspC found in Lyme - infected dogs in the U.S. 1 Its uniquely targeted design helps provide a broad spectrum of coverage while delivering a low - reactive vaccine by minimizing the amount of extraneous proteins administered to the dog.

About Vanguard crLyme Vanguard crLyme is a next - generation multivalent vaccine which contains outer surface protein A (OspA) protein and a single OspC protein that is composed of antigenic material from seven common types of OspC found in Lyme - infected dogs in the U.S. 1 Its uniquely targeted design helps provide a broad spectrum of coverage while delivering a low - reactive vaccine by minimizing the amount of extraneous proteins administered to the dog.

Most comprehensive pet insurance plans don't come with any coverage for wellness and preventative care — basically, most of your normal vet bills, like your annual office call, vaccine boosters, and heartworm tests.

Coverage rates for vaccines recommended for all children were higher than the state average for Aboriginal children (93 % fully vaccinated in Sydney West v. 87 % in NSW) and also for non-Aboriginal children (91 % v. 90 %, respectively).3 The steering group decided that the main reasons for low coverage of 7vPCV in Aboriginal children were likely to be a lack of knowledge about the targeted program among both parents and providers, and failure in identifying eligible infants.