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Human papillomavirus vaccination in community-based clinics among adolescents by ethnicity, country of birth, and sex [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

HPV vaccination is recommended for all children starting at age nine years, and it is most effective before HPV exposure. Some research has found lower HPV vaccine uptake in Latino patients and others have demonstrated higher uptake by Latino subgroups. 2 doses compared to non-Hispanic white adolescents.

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Frailty Triples Odds of More Severe RSV Illness

Physician's Weekly

Data came from the three influenza seasons from 2012 to 2015. Most patients (71.0%) had received the current season’s RSV vaccine. Melissa Andrew, MD, PhD , and colleagues assessed data from a severe outcomes surveillance network housed within a larger immunization research network. Additionally, 63.8% of the patients were women.

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FDA’s Accelerated Approval of Biogen’s Aduhelm for Alzheimer’s: A Sign of Applying the Emergency Use Standard Beyond COVID?

FDA Law Blog

However, the FDA guidance goes on to say in some cases, additional context is needed by specifically inserting a sentence in the indications statement that: no clinical benefit has been established. be “reasonably likely to predict” ultimate clinical benefit). Janet Woodcock approved Betaseron as the first drug for multiple sclerosis.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

So I’m hearing, and I’d love to talk about specific diets and maybe the evidence for them, but before we do that, how should we ask about this in our clinics? You can also put it into as you’re discussing other, like at an annual visit, like, oh, have you been sleeping well, you know, have you been vaccinated?

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