MMR Vaccine Most Effective Against Measles but May Wane Over Time: Lancet Public Health Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri30 Sept 2024 8:15 AM ISTBetween 2011 and 2019, the proportion of measles cases in adults who received two doses of the MMR vaccine in England increased from 1.9% (20/1064)...
Receipt of MMR vaccine linked to reduced rate of antibiotic treatment in kids under 2: Study Dr Riya Dave24 March 2024 9:15 PM ISTA recent register-based cohort study conducted across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden aimed to investigate the potential non-specific effects of...
Dupilumab safe to continue during vaccine administration in children with AD reveals study Aditi20 March 2024 7:00 PM ISTDupilumab inhibits interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 signalling. This monoclonal antibody also acts as an immunomodulator. The current recommendation is to...
Intralesional MMR Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating Resistant Pediatric Warts Medha Baranwal15 Sept 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: Warts are a common skin condition, especially among children, and while various treatments are available, some warts can be particularly stubborn...
Early MMR Vaccination is not linked to Reduction in Hospitalizations for Non-Targeted Infections in Infants: BMJ study Aditi21 July 2023 8:15 AM ISTA recent study conducted in Denmark, published in BMJ entitled "Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine at age six months and hospitalization for...
 Is Vaccination Safe for Children with Epilepsy ? MD Bureau7 March 2022 9:00 AM ISTSeizures and status epilepticus can occur within 14 days following the administration of inactivated and live-attenuated vaccines. These...
MMR and Tdap vaccines may protect against severe COVID-19, studies find Hina Zahid6 Sept 2021 9:00 AM ISTFindings suggest that although MMR and Tdap are not a substitute for COVID-19 vaccines they may afford greater and more durable protection, possibly...
MMR vaccine dosage does not provide herd immunity in mumps outbreak, Finds study Dr. Nandita Mohan19 Feb 2021 2:45 PM ISTRecent research revealed that a single dose of MMR vaccine does not provide effective (>90%) seroconversion required for successful herd immunity...
MMR vaccine could protect against COVID-19, study shows Hina Zahid25 Nov 2020 4:45 PM ISTThe measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published in mBio, an open-access...
MMR vaccine may prevent septic inflammation associated with COVID-19 infection Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 Jun 2020 9:30 PM ISTThere is mounting evidence that live attenuated vaccines provide nonspecific protection against lethal infections unrelated to the target pathogen of...
1.4 lakh patients died from measles worldwide in 2018: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Dec 2019 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and US authorities said on December 5,...
Step up efforts to eliminate measles outbreak: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau27 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTWhile rubella causes irreversible birth defects, measles is a killer disease. New Delhi: Amidst increasing cases and...
