Vaccine-preventable disease rates at a historic low
Childhood immunization is a success at reducing the rates of disease, hospitalizations, and death for many diseases-that's the finding of a study outlined in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA 2007;298:2155).
Scientists performed a historical comparison of the period before national vaccination recommendations (prior to 1980) vs the 2006 number of reported cases on 13 diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, invasive Hib, acute hepatitis B, hepatitis A, varicella, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and smallpox.
Pediatric cancer survivors and cardiovascular toxicity, disease risk
March 21st 2025Pediatric cancer survivors can be vulnerable to cardiovascular disease in the short- or long-term with increased recognition of cardiotoxic cancer treatments, as 5-year survival rates for children are greater than 85%.
