Medicine Matters

• Will We See a Bird Flu Vaccine Next Year?   The 2024-2025 flu season was the worst we've seen in years. What will next year's flu season look like? And will there be a vaccine for bird flu?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 03, 2025
• ACIP Meeting Rescheduled as HHS Rescinds Richardson Waiver: What's Next for Vaccine Policy?   The CDC has postponed the February ACIP meeting, and the HHS has rescinded the Richardson Waiver policy. What does this mean for US immunization practices?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 26, 2025
• Fall Vaccine Updates From ACIP: New Recs   ACIP has issued several important vaccine changes that are effective right now.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 08, 2024
• Updated COVID Vaccines: Who Should Get One, and When?   Help patients overcome COVID booster fatigue and update their protection against the now endemic COVID virus.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, September 06, 2024
• New Mid-Year Vaccine Recommendations From ACIP Important changes to vaccination recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV, and pneumococcal disease -- and what's behind the changes -- are summarized here.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 11, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here   Usually posted in February, the 2024 schedule has arrived early. Dr Sandra Fryhofer goes over the key changes in the adult schedule for 2024.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 26, 2023
• The 5 Biggest Changes in the 2023 Adult Vaccine Schedules   AMA Liaison to ACIP Dr Sandra Fryhofer gives a quick tour of the 2023 vaccination schedules, highlighting what's new for this year.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 09, 2023
• Why I Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccination to All My Patients   New age-based hepatitis B vaccine recommendations and available vaccine products are reviewed by Dr Sandra Fryhofer.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 03, 2022
• New, Simpler Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations for 2022   Dr Sandra Fryhofer breaks down the latest guidelines for pneumococcal vaccination among adults.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 28, 2022
• Adult Vaccines 2022: Who Needs What, and When?   Dr Sandra Fryhofer hits the highlights of the 2022 adult immunization schedule, just released by ACIP.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 17, 2022
• The Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Kids: How Does It Differ?   The formulation and dose of the Pfizer vaccine approved for 5- to 11-year-olds differ from those of the adult vaccine.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 12, 2021
• Sorting Out the New COVID Vaccine Booster Recommendations   Dr Sandy Fryhofer reviews the latest guidance on boosters for COVID vaccines: who, what, and when.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 27, 2021
• Pfizer COVID Vaccine Boosters: Who Needs Them? Who Can Get Them?   Decision, reversals, and premature announcements have characterized the COVID vaccine booster story in the United States. Where do we stand now?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 15, 2021
• Battle for Boosters: A Third Dose for the Immunocompromised   Patients who are immunocompromised don't need a booster; they need a third primary series dose.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 01, 2021
• J&J Vaccine: CVST, VITT, and What Physicians Should Do   What to tell patients, what to watch for, what tests to order, and how to manage a potential thrombotic event.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 20, 2021
• Janssen's Viral Vector Vaccine: How it Compares   What's different about Janssen's viral vector vaccine and how does it compare to existing COVID-19 vaccines?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 10, 2021
• 9 Key Changes: The 2021 Adult Immunization Schedules   COVID has had an impact on best practices for adult vaccines. See what's new in the 2021 schedules from ACIP.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, February 12, 2021
• The First 30 Minutes: Anaphylaxis After COVID Vaccination   Most postvaccination symptoms are expected and not serious, although clinicians should be ready to manage the rare case of anaphylaxis.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 27, 2021
• COVID Vaccine Dosing FAQs   Clinics, offices, and pharmacies will soon be giving mRNA vaccines. Dr Sandra Fryhofer breaks down dosing, intervals, mixing vaccines, and more.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 25, 2021