PodMed – Week of September 11, 2017

This week’s topics include a new antibody for asthma, early treatment in COPD, mumps vaccine to curtail an outbreak, and medical exemptions from routine vaccinations.

Program notes:

0:38 Avoiding vaccines with medical exemptions

1:38 More people who are vaccinated the less likely an outbreak

2:36 Total went down but others are gaming the system

3:23 A third dose of vaccine and a mumps outbreak

4:23 All students had been vaccinated with two doses

5:23 May have been exposed to mumps later

6:22 Currently no early intervention with COPD

7:21 Less likely to have exacerbations

8:01 An antibody in adults with asthma

9:01 Monthly injections

10:29 End

Related blog:https://podblog.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/09/07/avoiding-vaccination/