Posts Tagged ‘vaccine’
New MRSA guidelines to protect you!
Sometimes, antibiotics are not the answer! These new MRSA guidelines are helpful for doctors to follow and not overprescribe antibiotics especially when they are not needed. Read more on what these guidelines include and how they are now treating MRSA without pharmacy help.
Explosive death for MRSA
There is a new discovery about a MRSA vaccine and high hopes to finally have a cure for this dreadful sickness. Read more on what is still to come from these determined scientists. Click here to read more.
What’s new about the flu vaccine for the 2010-11 flu season?
What is new with the flu season in 2011? This resource from the CDC will tell you everything you need to know when it comes to getting vaccinated and the strains you will need to be protected against.
Who should get a flu vaccine this season?.. Click here to find out!
Don’t Wait! Vaccinate Against Streptococcus Pneumonia
Unfortunately the pneumonia vaccine was too late for a man named Charlie, but it may be exactly what you need to stay healthy. Streptococcus pneumonia is a more rare case of pneumonia, but should not be discarded. Read more on how one man lost his life to this infection, and how you can protect yourself.
Don’t Wait! Vaccinate Against Streptococcus Pneumonia
He was a husband to Betty; a father to Joel, Cindy and Abe; and a grandfather to Becky and Gordon. He survived the Battle at Normandy, years of protecting his community as a decorated police officer and skin cancer. Despite all his strength and love of life, Charlie didn’t make it through his battle against the bacterial disease known as streptococcus pneumonia
Should I get a flu vaccine?
Probably the most frequent question that people have during the flu season is, “Should I get a flu shot?” Find out who should and who can maybe get by without one.
Should I get a flu vaccine?
Yes, everyone 6 months and older should receive an annual flu vaccine unless there is a medical reason not to get one. Yes, iIf you are a member of any of the groups listed below, you are at higher risk for complications of flu and should get your flu vaccine as soon as it is available:
CDC: EMS workers a priority for H1N1 vaccine
ATLANTA — Health care workers, emergency medical personnel, pregnant women and healthy people between 6 months and 24 years old are among the target groups to receive the vaccine against the H1N1 virus when it first becomes available.
That’s one of several recommendations approved Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
The recommendations are based upon completion of clinical trials and when a safe vaccine is available. Five companies are making the vaccine, which officials hope will be available in October.