June 11, 2011

Bleeding Disorders Association of West Virginia (BDAWV) Upcoming Activities - Family Picnic ...Read More

July 18, 2011

The FDA has approved the influenza vaccine formulation for the 2011-2012 vaccine. The three virus strains included in the formulation are the ones that surveillance has indicated will be the most common for the upcoming flu season. ...Read More

November 17, 2011

Registration for the 2011 WV Public Health Symposium: Protecting the Health of the Community We Serve November 17 & 18, is now open. Awarding-winning journalist Gina Kolata is the keynote. $150 registration fee ...Read More

December 08, 2011

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October 26, 2011

ACIP voted to recommend the use of hepatitis B vaccine in all adults with diabetes who are younger than age 60 and who have not previously received the vaccine. See the AAFP News Now for more information....Read More

October 27, 2011

Take the Pledge... Everyone age 6 months and up are recommended to receive an annual flu shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created the Flu Ends with U Vaccination Pledge. ...Read More

August 16, 2012

All incoming West Virginia 7th and 12th graders will have to meet new school shot requirements in the fall before school starts. Ask you doctor or local health department if your child is ready for 7th and 12th grade next fall....Read More

December 01, 2011

“Flu season typically peaks in January or February and can last as late as May,” says Dr. Anne Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General. “We are encouraging people who have not yet been vaccinated to get vaccinated now.”...Read More

December 13, 2011

Girls and young women who are vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) appear to be no more likely than those who are not vaccinated. ...Read More

December 28, 2011

West Virginia has had two confirmed cases of a variant of the swine flu in children attending the same daycare in Mineral County, the state Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services said. ...Read More

January 18, 2012

Approximately 95 percent of cervical cancers are associated with HPV infections, and between 70 to 80 percent of cervical cancers are related to HPV 16 and HPV 18 viral subtypes or strains...Read More

January 11, 2012

Promoting immunizations as a part of routine office-based medical practice is needed to improve adult vaccination rates, a highly effective way to curb the spread of diseases across communities.... ...Read More

March 01, 2012

An advisory group to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today selected two new strains for the 2012-13 seasonal flu vaccine, based on a recent recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO). ...Read More

April 19, 2012

CDC is reporting 222 measles cases last year an increase of the normal 60 cases a year that has been the norm during the last decade. The most since 508 back in 1996. ...Read More

April 07, 2012

MMWR reporting on five cases of meningococcal disease (including one probable case) were identified among four OK students. Two students died; two recovered fully, and one survivor required amputation of all four limbs and facial reconstruction. ...Read More

May 31, 2012

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May 28, 2012

How do you know what vaccine is needed where and when? How do you know that you have given the right amount of vaccine to the right clinician so they can help fight the never ending war on disease? As a nation we don't. But that is about to change....Read More

May 30, 2012

At least 130,000 patients had potential exposure to hepatitis and HIV due to unsafe injection practices in U.S. healthcare settings. The study details 35 separate patient notification events involving at least 17 states between 2001-2011....Read More

June 02, 2012

As a pharmacist, Sharon Lansdale knows the importance of immunization across the lifespan and has worked tirelessly to promote its benefits in West Virginia and beyond. ...Read More

June 05, 2012

WVDHHR's Division of Immunization Services (DIS) announced today that pharmacists may now offer shingles, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (whooping cough) known as Tdap, in addition to influenza and pneumococcal vaccines....Read More

July 22, 2012

The West Virginia Department of Education is reminding parents that students entering seventh and 12th grades this fall will need to visit a doctor or health clinic before school begins to update their immunizations. ...Read More

July 23, 2012

Rates of HIV are increasing in the black gay community at "alarming" levels, leading AIDS advocates to call for more attention to young men who live at the margins of society. Nearly 6% of black gay men under 30 become newly infected ...Read More

A disproportionately high number of children with neurologic disorders died from influenza-related complications during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study by scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...Read More

September 06, 2012

The West Virginia Board of Education is supporting new schoolchildren vaccine requirements imposed by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources....Read More

October 01, 2012

The only thing predictable about the flu is its unpredictability, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as they urged virtually all Americans to get vaccinated for the coming season....Read More

October 26, 2012

The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health's Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services is online with both a Facebook and Twitter presence. Find out the latest information by becoming our friend on Facebook or follower on Twitter....Read More

October 01, 2012

A new study of Merck & Co.'s Gardasil cervical-cancer vaccine showed it was associated with fainting on the day of inoculation and skin infections two weeks afterward, but no link with more serious health problems was found...Read More

November 17, 2012

Registration for the 2012 WV Public Health Symposium: Prevention, Surveillance and Response at the Charleston Town Center Marriott is now open. The conference is November 15 & 16, 2012....Read More

December 03, 2012

Women with HIV may benefit from a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), despite having already been exposed to HPV, a study finds....Read More

December 04, 2012

According to CDC, significant increases in flu activity in the U.S. in the last two weeks indicate that an early flu season is underway. National Influenza Vaccination Week is from December 2-8, 2012. ...Read More

January 16, 2013

The Institute of Medicine, which advises the government on health, looked into the issue due to concerns from some parents that children today receive too many vaccines, too soon. ...Read More

January 17, 2013

A large study offers reassuring news for pregnant women: It's safe to get a flu shot. The research found no evidence that the vaccine increases the risk of losing a fetus, and may prevent some deaths. ...Read More

January 18, 2013

Cancer death rates have fallen by 20% from their peak about 20 years ago, according to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society. This means that from 1991 to 2009, 1.2 million lives were spared, ...Read More

February 15, 2013

CIDRAP Reports: Top federal health officials who testified on Capitol Hill today said the nation has much better influenza defenses today than it had 10 years ago...Read More

February 28, 2013

The FDA wants more safety data on an investigational adult hepatitis B vaccine before granting approval, the vaccine's manufacturer said Monday. Berkeley, Calif.-based Dynavax Technologies said it had received...Read More

March 05, 2013

A vaccine that thwarts cancer cells has so far proved to be better in theory than in practice, and researchers may finally understand why....Read More

March 06, 2013

The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the attention since the news came out a little overwhelming. ...Read More

March 01, 2013

In medical isolation in South Texas, 100 miles or so from Mexico's border, is a man who embodies one of U.S. health officials' greatest worries: He is the first person to cross and be held in detention while infected ...Read More

March 18, 2013

A new study shows a growing number of parents with safety concerns are not letting their children get the vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. Experts call that worrying and puzzling....Read More

March 29, 2013

A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics on March 29 confirms that there is no association between autism and receiving many vaccines at an early age....Read More