The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices no longer prefers administering combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine vs separate injections of equivalent component vaccines. Medscape Medical News
Learn why a greater understanding of the pathogenesis of asthma is critical to the development of better therapeutic modalities. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Targeted immunomodulating monoclonal antibodies are believed to cause fewer infectious sequelae than standard cytotoxic therapies for hematologic malignancies. The specific infections related to these new cancer therapeutics are reviewed. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
M. Carolina Hinestrosa, MA, MPH, Executive Vice President, Programs and Planning, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Washington, DC, gives a cautionary challenge on proper use of ESAs. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Data from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry show an association between symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and asthma even after adjustment for familial or genetic factors and other confounders. Medscape Medical News
