HPV
HPV Vaccines Prevent Cervical Cancer: The Message is Clear
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, a great time to talk about how human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines can help prevent cancer. Cervical cancer was once the leading…
The Year in Review: Top 5 News Stories of 2014
2014 featured much activity in the world of infectious diseases–from the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, to increasing vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks here in the US.…
HPV Vaccination—a Public Health Priority
Almost everyone in the US will be infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Heading to College? Don’t Forget about Vaccines!
The month of August has been designated as National Immunization Awareness Month. As a partnering organization, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is helping…
HPV Vaccination as a Public Health Priority
NFID Call to Action on the importance of HPV vaccination (August 2014)
Protect Your Kids at Every Age
The month of August has been designated as National Immunization Awareness Month. As a partnering organization, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is helping…
The Key to Increasing Adolescent Vaccination Rates
Special thanks to Jaime L. Taylor, DO, adolescent medicine fellow at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) for this guest…
ID News Round-Up
Recent items of interest from the world of vaccine-preventable diseases: 1. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met on October 23-24, 2013 to discuss…
ID News Round-Up
Recent items of interest from the world of infectious diseases: 1. NFID is once again partnering with the Washington Nationals to promote influenza awareness. The…
Off to College: Even Healthy Young Adults Need Vaccines
Think you outgrow the need for vaccines when you graduate from high school? Not so. Every year, thousands of adults in the US suffer serious…