Up-To-Date Vaccinations May Help Your Child Stay In School

The beginning of the school year is the perfect time to make sure your child has his or her most recent immunization, especially vaccinations that can help prevent meningitis and middle ear infections (otitis media).
Childhood vaccination can stem millions of illnesses and prevent thousands of deaths. While eight out of every ten children in the [...]

Earache should not be treated with antibiotics

Soon some expects will be telling doctors not to treat ear infections with antibiotics.
This goes against years of medical practice. 50% of antibiotic prescriptions for pre-school kids are for ear infections.
Officials say that reducing the number of antibiotics in these cases will stop the increase in antibiotic-resistant germs.
Dr. Richard Besser, of the meningitis and special [...]

Pneumococcal vaccine reduces ear infections

The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which has been routinely given to young children since 2000, reduces the incidence of middle ear infection and pneumonia, a new study shows. “This highlights that the vaccine significantly decreases illnesses in children and reinforces its importance in our public health efforts,” said Dr. Kathy Poehling, assistant professor of Pediatrics at [...]

Worldwide Fight Against Respiratory Infections

The new Capricornia Centre for Mucosal Immunology has been established under the leadership of Professor Jennelle Kyd, whose research on immunity and vaccines is recognized internationally.
Professor Kyd is collaborating with researchers in Australia, Europe and the USA and is working with major pharmaceutical companies on the research and development of patents to the clinical trials [...]

OctoPlus Grants Green Cross Corporation Exclusive Korean License To OP-145 For Chronic Middle Ear Infection

OctoPlus N.V. (Euronext: OCTO), the recently listed drug delivery and development company, announces today that it has granted Green Cross Corporation (Korea: KOSPI200), a leading pharmaceutical company in the Republic of Korea, an exclusive license to develop and market OP-145 for chronic middle ear infection (chronic otitis media) for the Korean market.
OP-145 is designed to [...]

Complementary, Alternative Medicine In Treating Middle Ear Infection

Israeli researchers have found that slightly more than half of children admitted to a major treatment facility for acute otitis media have received alternative and complementary therapy. The most common therapy received was various immune boosting national preparations containing Echinacea Purpurea, despite the fact that no evidence exists proving that this product is effective against [...]

Novel Vaccine Effective Against Middle Ear Infection In Young Children

A novel vaccine could help prevent middle ear infection in children under two years of age, according to a paper in this week’s issue of The Lancet.
Otitis media (middle ear infection) accounts for nearly 20 million visits to a paediatrician every year in the USA. The bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae are the leading [...]

For Most Children With Middle Ear Infection Observation Policy Appropriate

According to an Article in this week’s issue of The Lancet, antibiotics for middle ear infection (otitis media) are only beneficial in children under the age of two with both ears infected. For most other children an observation policy seems justified finds the study.
Otitis media occurs when the middle ear, behind the eardrum, becomes inflamed. [...]