The following four articles published in Becker's Hospital Review offer news and statistics on vaccination practices and developments in the U.S.
1. Senators to introduce bipartisan bill to expedite Ebola treatment development
Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Lamar Alexandar (R-Tenn.) plan to introduce a bill that would speed up the development of Ebola treatments and vaccines.
2. HHS advances Ebola vaccine development
HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is supporting the accelerated advancement of a vaccine for Ebola.
3. How do childhood vaccination exemptions impact US disease outbreaks?
This article discusses the benefits of widespread vaccination practices, and the potential effects of communities with high rates of vaccination exempted children, supported with statistics from The Center for American Progress.
4. Pneumonia bacterium causes heart lesions, study shows
Researchers have found more evidence for the link between pneumonia and heart failure, as they found proof Streptococcus pneumoniae physically damages the heart. There is a candidate vaccine in the works that can stop the movement of the infection in to the heart and the toxin that ills heart muscle cells.