Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise and incidence now exceeds pre-pandemic numbers. While in adults and older children the cough can be bothersome and last for months, pertussis in young infants can be […]
Thirteen measles cases have been identified over the past week in Minnesota, including a cluster of 10 cases in Dakota County and three separate cases among children exposed to the infectious disease during international travels.This […]
It’s time to get a flu vaccine, and pediatricians are urging people to get them after last winter, when the U.S. saw the most flu-related child deaths in 15 years.This article was originally published on […]
An international team of researchers has demonstrated that the tetravalent dengue vaccine known as Qdenga provided significant protection against the disease under real-world conditions, during the large 2024 epidemic in São Paulo, Brazil.This article was […]
The Herpes simplex virus is a widespread virus that often causes cold sores, and most people carry it. By removing a virulence gene, i.e. a gene that makes the virus harmful to humans, the herpes […]
The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children. This comes despite a failed attempt to do so at the most recent […]
In a new JAMA Viewpoint, Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Mark Navin, Ph.D., chair of Philosophy at Oakland […]
Authors from the American College of Physicians (ACP) warn that disaster looms ahead for the U.S. health care system, likely precipitated by an epidemic of vaccine-preventable and attenuating diseases. They say the politicization of science, […]
Whether or not those who are pregnant should take a COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves and their infants became more controversial in May, when three top U.S. health officials—Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert […]
Uptake of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine during pregnancy is not linked to increased risk of adverse perinatal health outcomes among vaccinated women, according to research at City St George’s and published in BMJ […]
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