Vaccines Articles
Updates on vaccines including herpes, hepatitis E, dengue fever, cervical cancer and more.
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to create a vaccine using T cells that activate a distinct part of the immune system.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more U.S. teens are getting recommended vaccines against certain cancers, meningitis and infectious diseases.
Global sales of vaccines grew in 2009, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information, and researchers are forecasting sales to rise at a compound annual rate during the next five years.
A new meningitis vaccine will help to prevent epidemics in Africa for the first time.
A new study showed that giving just one-fifth the usual dose of the polio vaccine may protect babies against the virus nearly as well as a full dose, as long as it is injected just beneath the skin, according to a recent study.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rotavirus vaccine is now contraindicated for infants diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a comprehensive update on seasonal flu vaccination, which includes the new universal recommendation for everyone except infants younger than 6 months old.
A recent study shows measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccination is associated with an increased risk of fever and seizure in young children, above that already associated with measles-containing vaccines.
The U.S. government has begun to stockpile a new version of the smallpox vaccine that is designed to close a gap that left millions vulnerable to a bioterror attack.