Young Woman With Blood Disorder Develops Painful Severe Reaction to Multiple Vaccinations
A 23-year-old woman being treated for a rare autoimmune blood disorder at UCI Medical Center in Orange, California earlier this month report suffered a severe reaction after receiving multiple vaccines for tetanus, pneumococcal and meningitis at the hospital. Alexis Lorenze, who in January 2024 was diagnosed with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), went to UCI Medical […]
North Carolina Pharmacists Now Can Give Flu Shots to Younger Children
North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper signed legislation (HB 388) into law that allows children over 10 years of age to receive the influenza vaccine at local pharmacies without being required to see a pediatrician and without a prescription. The law takes effect on Oct. 1, 2019.1 2 The minimum age at which a child is […]
