Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.
The New Hampshire House is set to vote on a bill that would eliminate the New Hampshire Vaccine Association Thursday. The New Hampshire Vaccine Association is an organization set up by the state that buys vaccines in bulk to lower costs and ensure universal access to vaccines for children in the state.
While most people's symptoms improve, 1 in 5 unvaccinated people who catch measles will be hospitalized, 1 out of every 1,000 will develop brain swelling that can lead to brain damage, and up to 3 of every 1,
While the Austin area has confirmed a case of measles, there is not an outbreak. That said, here's a guide to how and when to get vaccinated for measles.
Neil Vaccines are medicine which protect the human body by making it immune from a certain disease. Now, there’s been a sudden and important discovery – a breakthrough - in the development of a new vaccine called mRNA.
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, yet many people lack knowledge of the infection or hold several misconceptions about it. Healio previously reported on the infection’s frequency,
Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to devastate poultry flocks throughout the United States, as well as cause significant illness in cattle, said David Diemert, MD, professor of medicine and professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at George Washington University in Washinton, DC, in an interview.