According to healthychildren.org, childhood vaccines consistently remain at very high and beneficial levels of safety and efficacy.
It was considered a public health triumph 25 years ago, when the U.S. declared measles eradicated. But in recent years, the ...
Former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky called for stronger, nationwide guidance on infant measles vaccine doses in a new opinion paper published Friday.
The good news: The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, or MMR, is just what the doctor ordered. One MMR dose is considered to be 93% effective against measles, with a second dose 97% effective, the ...
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Central Shenandoah Health District is planning to host in-school vaccine clinics for rising ...
Early flu exposure helps immunity against H5N1 infection, with older adults having stronger antibody responses.
Devastated because an otherwise healthy child succumbed to an illness that one of our safest and most effective vaccines can prevent. And infuriated because the path from the elimination of ...
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 removed the economic incentive that held vaccine developers accountable for vaccine safety. Reforms, including properly designed trials, are needed to ...
With a major outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, Maine CDC Director Dr. Puthiery Va answers questions about vaccinations, the ...
The measles vaccine, whose first dose is recommended at 12 months of age, is highly effective against the virus. The ...
Unfortunately, Michiels sees the consequences of those decisions play out in her pediatric emergency room.