In the time before widespread vaccination, devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of ...

Four cases of measles were recently reported in the commonwealth, prompting health officials to discuss the importance of ...

Six ‘stubborn’ barriers stopping parents from vaccinating their children - The uptake of vaccines in the UK has stalled over ...

Stubborn’ barriers prevent parents from vaccinating their children – report - Uptake of vaccines in the UK has stalled over ...

Legislative changes in states like Maine and Colorado aim to protect vaccine access and adapt to federal policy shifts ...

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Before vaccines were widely used, infectious diseases spread quickly and claimed millions of lives. Now, vaccine hesitancy causing immunization rates to drop. That’s raising concerns from people who r ...

Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health ...

The threshold for pertussis — the formal name for the extremely contagious and easily spread respiratory illness commonly known as whooping cough — is 92-94%. But Vanderburgh County's rate for DTaP, ...

This year, more than a third of whooping cough cases have been among people 11 to 19 years old. For this reason, the C.D.C. recommends that children get a booster shot at 11 or 12 years old.