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Timely Topic in Pediatrics: How to Vaccinate When Parents Hesitate. Wed, February 1st - Ala Moana Hotel. Sign-up now. For more information, contact the Hawaii Pacific Health Conference Services at 808.522.3469 or HIC Board Member Kathy Sthay at ksthay@aap.net.
On January 23, the American Academy of Pediatrics released the first study to evaluate adolescent hepatitis A coverage in the United States using provider reported vaccination data.
Hepatitis A coverage was low among adolescents, leaving a large population susceptible to hepatitis A infection maturing into adulthood. Read more here!
ATLANTA — More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners aren’t getting all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found. That growing trend among parents seeking vaccine exemptions has health officials worried about outbreaks of diseases that once were all but stamped out. To read the whole article, click here.
Many of the pediatric deaths and critical illnesses in the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic occurred among children who acquired antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in addition to being infected with that flu virus, a study in the journal Pediatrics reports. To read an article in the Washington Post about the findings, click here.
“Viral Hepatitis: Combating the Silent Epidemic in Hawaii” HIC Membership Meeting on October 26th at Outrigger Canoe Club
Hawai‘i has the highest rate of liver cancer in the United States, and one of the leading causes of liver cancer is vaccine-preventable hepatitis B. “Viral Hepatitis: Combating the Silent Epidemic in Hawaii” was presented by the Co-Directors of Hep Free Hawaii, Heather Lusk (from the CHOW Project) and Thaddeus Pham (from the Department of Health). The workshop also included Vaccine Update 2011 by Maricel Abad, a Public Health Nurse with the Department of Health.
To view the slides from the presentation, click here.
