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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is encouraging consumers to get immunized against influenza and to consider their local pharmacy as the site to receive their vaccine. Pharmacists in all 50 states including the District of Columbia are authorized to administer influenza vaccines and as of June 30, 2010, more than 120,000 U.S. pharmacists have been trained to administer immunizations...
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Freshmen all across the nation have begun packing in preparation for college. Along with their laptops, notebooks, pens and binders, there is one more essential item they need a meningitis vaccination. "If a student hasn't gotten a meningitis vaccination, they absolutely should get one before they start school," said Dr...
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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is encouraging consumers to get immunized against influenza and to consider their local pharmacy as the site to receive their vaccine. Pharmacists in all 50 states including the District of Columbia are authorized to administer influenza vaccines and, as of June 30, 2010, more than 120,000 U.S. pharmacists have been trained to administer immunizations...
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Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the successful results of its second annual Flu Vaccination Challenge. Participating health care organizations reached a 76 percent flu vaccination average, a 13 percent increase over the average reported for last year's challenge and 27 percent above the national average...
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Walgreens says it is offering flu shots at every Walgreens pharmacy and Take Care clinic nationwide (USA). The service is available every day during virtually all pharmacy and clinic hours, the pharmacy chain announced. No previous appointment is necessary...
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PULMONARY: Can vitamin D reduce a complication of cystic fibrosis? The lungs of most individuals with cystic fibrosis are colonized by the mold Aspergillus fumigatus. In some this causes a condition known as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), which is characterized by wheezing, lung infiltration by immune cells, and lung scarring, while others remain disease free...
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Global vaccine sales "grew by a healthy 16 percent last year, when sales shot up to $22.1 billion, healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information reported Friday," according to the Associated Press. Kalorama is also forecasting sales "will rise at a compound annual rate of 9.7 percent during the next five years," (Johnson, 8/14)...
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Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic inflammation and cancer. Although cancers do not always cause inflammation, chronic inflammation is known to help tumor cells grow. In an article published in the June issue of Nature, VCU Massey scientists Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D., and Tomasz Kordula, Ph.D...
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Inflammation-causing cells in fat tissue may explain the link between obesity and diabetes, a team of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers in Melbourne, Australia, has shown...
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The Sacramento Board of Supervisors, including Roger Dickinson, Chair, have partnered with the California School Nurses Organization (CSNO), Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services, and Sacramento Healthy Community Immunization Coalition, to declare August 16-20 as Voices of Meningitis Week in support of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Voices ...
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