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6 steps for practices to improve adult vaccination rates

Practices of all types can follow easy steps to overcome financial, administrative hurdles and protect their adult patients from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Prevention & Wellness
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AMA backs evidence-based vaccine policy, opposes new commission

Delegates also take actions to address the rising incidence of myopia, lead poisoning and ocular burns from liquid laundry packets.

Prevention & Wellness
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AMA adopts new public health policies to improve health of nation

The AMA's new policies — which includes continued support of vaccine policy in the U.S. — were approved during the voting session of the AMA’s Annual Meeting.

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Hand in surgical glove holds HPV vaccine.
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For HPV vaccine uptake, communication style makes a difference

HPV vaccination coverage is stubbornly low. A study indicates a change in how the vaccine is recommended to patients’ parents can improve its initiation.

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From MOC to vaccines: Top 10 stories from AMA Annual Meeting

A new maintenance of certification (MOC) policy, GME funding, and exemptions from vaccinations were among the top stories from the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting.

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Why medical reasons should be the only exemptions from vaccinations

Immunization programs in the Unites States are credited with having controlled or eliminated the spread of epidemic diseases. When it comes to exemptions from vaccinations, public health experts are faced with determining if they can be given for non-medical reasons?

Prevention & Wellness
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AMA supports tighter limitations on immunization opt outs

Policy adopted by the AMA addressing re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S. requires states to bar non-medical exemptions to immunization.

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Physicians agree: Vaccination crucial to public health

As physicians, we know the importance of keeping each individual patient as healthy as possible. With the issue of vaccinations getting increased attention in political discourse, now is a good time to review the AMA’s policies so you can talk to your patients using scientific facts.

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From Ebola to e-cigarettes, delegates pass public health policy

Delegates at the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas this week weighed in on a number of timely public health issues which included regulatory oversight of electronic cigarettes and the important role of pharmacists in vaccinating target populations.

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