Texas Children's Vaccine Book Helps Spanish-Speaking Parents Understand Consequences of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
The National Hispanic Medical Association applauds "Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story" for powerful message
HOUSTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital has adapted its medically acclaimed book, "Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story" into a Spanish-language version featuring real-life stories about the impact of five diseases that are vaccine-preventable, yet prevalent in the Hispanic and Latino communities.
FDA Accepts Sanofi Pasteur's Application to Expand Indication of Menactra® Vaccine to Infants and Toddlers
SWIFTWATER, Pa., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the sanofi-aventis Group (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for use of Menactra® (Meningococcal [Groups A, C, Y and W-135] Polysaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine) for active immunization of infants and toddlers for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease caused by serogroups A, C, Y, and W-135.
Menactra vaccine was the first quadrivalent conjugate vaccine licensed in the United States to help protect against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious disease that can take the life of a child within 24 hou...
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Alzheimers - The Facts
Someone in your family has Alzheimers disease, and you've been gathering info on Alzheimers disease to try to help you make decisions about what to do next, but everything you find is so scientific and complicated. What can you tell your kids to make them understand why their grandfather or uncle doesn't recognize them anymore? The info on Alzheimers disease below is aimed at children and families, so read it together.
What People Think About the Swine Flu Vaccine?
The Swine flu vaccine has drawn much controversy over whether it`s safe or not Some people remember the 1976 Swine flu vaccine that did more harm than good, however the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are claiming that it is safe
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