This paper discusses recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for vaccinating adults against influenza, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A and B, human papillomavirus, shingles (zoster), pneumonia, and meningitis.

Experimental Validation of a Numerical Controller Using Convex Optimization with Linear Matrix Inequalities on a Quarter-Car Suspension System. (August 2011) Rohit Hari Chintala, B.E., Birla Institute of Technology Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Won-jong Kim

Except where the reference is made to the work of others, the work described in this dissertation is my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee. This dissertation does not include proprietary or classified information.

High local control and low toxicity rates are seen in patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for peripheral lung tumours [1,2]. According to the Advisory Committee on Radiation...

These recommendations update information on the vaccine available for controlling influenza during the 1994-95 influenza season. The recommendations supersede MMWR 1993;42(No. RR-6)1-13. Antiviral agents also have an important role in the control of influenza. Recommendations for the use of antiviral agents will be published later in 1994 as Part II of these recommendations.

In February 1999, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expanded recommendations for varicella (chickenpox) vaccine to promote wider use of the vaccine for susceptible children and adults. The updated recommendations include establishing child care and school entry requirements, use of the vaccine following exposure and for outbreak control, use of the vaccine for some childre...

1. The Defra Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination Group has prepared the attached paper summarising the actions taken to address the recommendations in the ACMSF 1999 Report on Microbial Antibiotic Resistance in Relation to Food Safety. Members may wish to read this paper in conjunction with the recommendations and Government’s response paper which has been circulated as an Information Paper (...

Reforming the US vaccine-financing system is a promising means of increasing vaccine coverage among US children; however, it is a significant undertaking that calls for creativity and cooperation by a diverse group of stakeholders. In this commentary, we present a consumer’s viewpoint on the vaccine-financing recommendations of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). Because immunizatio...

Since 2008, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine has increasingly been introduced into Asian countries immunisation programmes. Hib vaccine has mainly been introduced as a combination pentavalent vaccine, which has replaced the traditional DTwP or DTPwP-HepB vaccines. As expected with the introduction of a new vaccine, there has been increased attention to serious adverse events following...

Bradley J. McCall MBBS,MPH,MA, FAFPHM, Public Health Physician, Adjunct Professor (UQ) Megan K. Young MBBS, MPH, FAFPHM, Public Health Physician, Lecturer Scott Cameron MD, MPH, FAFPHM, Clinical Associate Professor Rod Givney BA, BSc(Med)(Hons), MBBS, FRCPA, PhD, MPH, Senior Staff Specialist, Conjoint Senior Lecturer Robert Hall BSc(Med), MBBS, MPH, GCHE, DipRACOG, FRACMA, FAFPHM, FPHAA, Senior...