A recent study confirmed Genital herpes (GH) is a common sexually transmitted disease associated with adverse health outcomes, which can now be measured in lifetime quality-adjusted life years lost (QALYs).
Published by The Lancet Regional Health Americas on February 7, 2023, this study calculated the average QALYs in the United States is about 18 days of life for one person.
The average number of QALYs lost per GH infection for people aged 18–49 years due to genital HSV-1 and HSV-2 was 0.01 (95% UI 0.01–0.02) and 0.05 (95% UI 0.02–0.09), respectively.
Herpes Infection Reduces Your Quality of Life
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Rotavirus Vaccines Do Reduce Diarrhea-related Illness
Before rotavirus vaccines became available in 1983, many children were infected by their fifth birthday, causing an estimated 500,000 deaths and two million hospitalizations worldwide annually.
Rotavirus vaccines and improved sanitation have dramatically reduced the toll of diarrhoeal illness in recent decades, but too many children still die from the dehydration it causes.
Linda Geddes with GAVI reported on March 30, 2023, routine immunization significantly reduced this toll in many countries.
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Has Polio Returned to America
A many-decade leader in polio vaccinations recently issued a foreboding warning that if the U.S. government begins to search for poliovirus in wastewater systems, it may find this harmful virus.
Beyond the Noise is written by Paul Offit, M.D., an infectious diseases physician, author, U.S. FDA vaccine committee advisor, new grandfather, and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine.
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