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Grown-ups Need Vaccinations, too |
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| The Baltimore Sun |
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| February 6, 2009 |
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| "Vaccines, it turns out, aren't just
for children. Long the purview of the pediatrician's office,
immunizations are often forgotten about once patients turn 18. But the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as leading doctors
organizations, recommend that adults continue to receive certain routine
shots throughout their lives to keep up immunity against infectious
diseases, including tetanus, whooping cough, pneumonia and shingles..." |
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Hayek's Work Is Never Done--As a Mom, or for Charity |
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| USA Today |
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| February 4, 2009 |
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| "Her daughter, Valentina, turned 1 in
September, and Hayek can't stop gushing about her child...Motherhood has
given Hayek a new sense of purpose. On Thursday, she's launching the
second annual Pampers/UNICEF program to stop the spread of maternal and
neonatal tetanus. In its first year, the program provided money for more
than 45 million tetanus vaccines ..." |
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FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough
Vaccine, BOOSTRIX®, for Adults; New Indication for Booster Vaccine
Expands Disease Protection to Individuals Aged 10-64 Years |
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| Market Wire |
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| December 8, 2008 |
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| "GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK)
announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has
approved BOOSTRIX® [Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, Adsorbed (Tdap)] for use in adults 19-64
years of age. BOOSTRIX offers protection against tetanus, diphtheria and
pertussis (whooping cough) to individuals 10-64 years of age -- the
broadest age range for any Tdap vaccine..." |
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| Hayek Leads Tetanus Campaign |
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| San Francisco Chronicle |
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| October 6, 2008 |
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| "Salma Hayek is leading a new UNICEF campaign aimed at helping young African moms fight tetanus. The actress, a new mom, was so moved by the efforts teenagers are taking to stay healthy on a recent fact-finding mission to West Africa she felt compelled to tell Americans what she had witnessed. At a press conference for the Pampers' tetanus vaccine program on Thursday, Hayek revealed she was stunned by the efforts being made to eradicate the disease in Sierra Leone, where she also met with tetanus victims. She says, 'One of the things that was very moving about the trip was to see 15-year-old girls, really young, taking responsibility for their lives and their children before they're born by saying, 'I am going to be healthy, I am going to take this vaccination'..." |
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| Hospitals Vaccinating Parents of High-Risk Infants |
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| Reuters |
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| September 9, 2008 |
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| "New research suggests that the newborn (neonatal) intensive care unit (NICU) is a good setting for offering the tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine (TdaP) to the parents of high-risk infants to protect them against common childhood infections..." |
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