Vaccination

Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a small but significant risk that these devices get infected with bacterial pathogens. This starts them on a burdensome path […]

When four states between 2015 and 2021 stopped allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving routine vaccines without a medical reason, vaccination rates among kindergartners increased substantially. That’s the key finding from our […]

Yale researchers have developed a new vaccine that does double duty against a rare and aggressive skin cancer by targeting the protein essential to tumor cell growth and by adding a key signal to boost […]

A measles outbreak in parts of Utah and Arizona not far from Las Vegas has grown to over 130 cases, according to public health officials in both states.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

A wave of the highly contagious respiratory syncytial virus is beginning to wash over the United States—sending greater numbers of babies and toddlers to the hospital, recent data show.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts say.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Nearly 1,650 cases of measles in 42 states have been confirmed this year in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the largest annual number in 34 years. This includes […]

Canada may lose its measles elimination status amid a yearlong outbreak that has infected more than 5,000 people and killed two infants, health officials said this week.This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

Alerts have been issued about the rising number of chickenpox cases in Northern New South Wales this year. Meanwhile, chickenpox continues to spread across Australia with 2,010 notified cases so far this year.This article was […]