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STC is widely recognized as a leading public health informatics company in the U.S. Their products and services play a key role in protecting the public from diseases. STC leverages more than twenty years of experience in developing solutions important to addressing and solving critical public health issues. Tucson, AZ (Vocus/PRWEB) March 28, 2011 Patients often fall behind on their routine immunizations because they are not mindful of the often complicated vaccine administration...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Minnesota has long been known as a leader in the area of childhood vaccination rates, but a new report released today from Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota shows the state's vaccination rates are backsliding. According to the 2009 National Immunization Survey (NIS), Minnesota has dropped 13 spots in two years - from seventh place in 2007 to 20th place in 2009 - for vaccination coverage rates for the primary series of shots(1)...

BEIJING, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today it submitted the application to commence clinical trials for its 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) to China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) on March 3, 2011. Sinovac initiated its PCV research program in 2008. The vaccine targets infants under two years old. The target population in China is estimated at 34...

In a study that included infants from South Africa, those who were exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at birth but did not become infected had lower levels of antibodies to diseases such as pertussis, tetanus and pneumococcus, compared to infants of non-HIV infected mothers, according to a study in the February 9 issue of JAMA.Infectious diseases account for nearly 6 million deaths worldwide annually in children younger than 5 years. Immunization against vaccine-preventable...

First-Ever Direct Project Connection Between a Hospital and Public Health Dept. Accomplished by VisionShare Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB) February 02, 2011 VisionShare, the nation's largest and most trusted healthcare information network, announced Wednesday that it would invest up to $50 million over the next year to enable direct, secure connectivity for all providers in the U.S. on the VisionShare network. VisionShare's announcement follows its participation in the Direct Project's...

A new study led by researchers at the Children's Outcomes Research (COR) Program at The Children's Hospital and Colorado Health Outcomes Program (COHO) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine explores the barriers, facilitators and alternative approaches to providers sending reminder notices for immunization using a statewide immunization registry. Reminder or recall messages, usually in the form of postcards, letters, or phone calls, have long been regarded as an effective way to...

Seniors of Hispanic descent are far less likely to become immunized against the flu or pneumonia compared to similar White seniors, according to a new RAND Corporation study.Researchers found that Hispanic seniors who prefer speaking Spanish and live in linguistically isolated communities such as the Southeast that are newer immigrant destinations are least likely to be immunized. The findings suggest that such groups should be targeted with special education efforts in the future."All...

PARIS, January 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural meeting of Mozambique's Committee of Experts on Immunization (Comite de Peritos para a Imunizacao, CoPI) was held in Maputo on January 7, 2011. The CoPI is the second National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) in a sub-Saharan African country eligible for funding from the GAVI Alliance. The first was established in Cote d'Ivoire in January 2010. The Supporting Independent Immunization and Vaccine Advisory Committees...

DENVER, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- State health immunization experts have launched a statewide immunization campaign entitled, "Immunize for Good." The campaign's goal is to communicate to parents who are vaccinating their children that they are making the right decision since vaccinations are safe and effective in preventing serious childhood illness. Initiated by the Vaccine Advisory Committee of Colorado and funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's...

VIENNA and GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers' Diarrhea vaccine candidate failed to meet efficacy endpoints to protect against enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (defined as cases in which ETEC LT, LT/ST or ST toxins are detected in diarrheal stool samples) mediated diarrheal infections in pivotal, randomized and placebo-controlled efficacy studies (Phase II and Phase III)However, the studies support the continued investigation of the patch technology as a suitable route...