News

MMR vaccine recommended for measles prevention. What to know about the immunization
After a case of measles was confirmed in Jefferson County, officials recommend the MMR vaccine. What to know about it before ...
Day care measles exposure forces Iowa family to take weeks off work for baby: 'It only takes one'
There have been at least 1,309 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year. Hundreds or thousands of other families have ...
Kent County Council’s director of public health says Kent’s MMR rates ‘must increase’ to prevent measles outbreak
The number of children getting an MMR jab in Kent must increase to prevent a measles outbreak, the county’s director of ...
Measles isn't just dangerous, it may erase your immune system
Blindness, pneumonia, severe diarrhea and even death—measles virus infections, especially in children, can have devastating ...
Measles creates panic across Americas & Europe, India sends 300,000 vaccine doses to Bolivia
Until last week, there were 98 active cases of measles in Bolivia as the country’s government launched a door-to-door ...
Top HHS public health nominee grilled over vaccines
Pres. Donald Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Brian Christine, said that he would be a "evangelist that vaccinations are important." ...
Sliding vaccine rates hang over vote on CDC director nominee as US measles cases hit dangerous milestone
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...
Truthout1d
New Study Finds No Links Between Aluminum in Vaccines and Chronic Conditions
A massive study examining over a million vaccine doses in Denmark finds no evidence that the use of aluminum, a common ...
Map shows MMR vaccination rates where you live after child dies with measles
Liverpool is one of 22 places in the country where MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination rates have dropped below 75% ...