Two Republican lawmakers are asking school districts to tell the governor to reverse a requirement that middle school students in…
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White House: Science indicates parents should vaccinate kids
Amid the measles outbreak stemming from California, the White House is telling parents that science indicates they should vaccinate their…
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Niger shuts schools and vaccinates children to fight meningitis outbreak
Niger has shut all schools in the region around the capital Niamey and launched a campaign to vaccinate children aged…
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Whooping cough shot prevents illness, not spread of disease
A government study offers a new theory on why the whooping cough vaccine doesn’t seem to be working as well…
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Syria polio cases spread to Damascus and Aleppo, WHO says
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that additional polio cases had been confirmed in two new areas of Syria,…
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Human error seen in measles vaccination deaths in Syria: WHO
A muscle relaxant appears to have been mixed mistakenly with measles vaccine, killing 15 children in Syria this week, the…
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The making of a flu vaccine
MELBOURNE, Australia – The annual fight to keep the flu under control starts here. Doctors are studying nose and throat…
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