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ACIP updates flu vaccine guidelines

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has updated its influenza vaccination recommendations for the 2014-15 influenza season. What's changed since last season?

New clinical guidelines for treatment of SCD

An expert panel of specialists from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has issued new guidelines for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). How will these latest evidence-based recommendations affect the care of your patients? See the latest guidelines

Sodium intake on the rise in kids

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers potential ways to combat the crisis.
Find out how

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Allergy-Triggered Anaphylaxis
Updates, treatment options, public policy information, clinical strategies and tools to help you mitigate severe allergic reactions or anaphylaxis in your patients. Read More.

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What does the new CDC report say about HPV vaccine rates?

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Listen to Anne Schuchat, MD, assistant surgeon general in the US Public Health Service and director of the CDC's National Center of Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, discuss promiscuity and the HPV vaccine. »More with video.

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Pediatric Influenza: Risks, Immunization Strategies, and Prevention
Children experience the highest morbidity during influenza epidemics – The CDC states that children younger than 5, and especially those younger than 2, are at high risk for developing flu-related complications. Find articles, video, tools, and resources to help prevent and manage pediatric influenza. Read more

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