Concern is growing among public health experts that anti-vaccine sentiments within federal and state governments may derail ...

A new study out of Stanford has presented the strongest evidence to date that a common vaccine could significantly reduce the ...

Nineteen-year-old Joe Heck in his Selden home with his mother, Elena, a nurse practitioner, on March 20. He needs a walker to ...

Researchers investigated whether the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine can help prevent dementia. Previous studies suggest ...

Recent estimates suggest that about 7.4% of adults over 60 or 88 lakh people are living with dementia in India.

The Santa Barbara County Health Department is joining the California Department of Public Health in recognizing April 7-11 as Adolescent Immunization ...

Peter H Gilligan, Ph.D., D(ABMM) emeritus and F(AAM) was a medical microbiologist at UNC Health for 35 years. Here, he ...

If the person has not had a tetanus vaccine in the last 5 years, they may need to have one to reduce the risk of tetanus. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, people with a dirty wound ...

The governor vetoed a very similar bill because he said it would make it easier to spread highly contagious diseases in Idaho ...

As New Zealand continues to wrestle with a whooping cough (pertussis) epidemic, more babies are being protected thanks to a ...