Vaccines

The measles vaccine is incredibly effective, yet recurrences and outbreaks abound.

Flu season is already here, but that's no reason to skip this year's vaccine. It not only protects against the flu but also lessens the severity of the illness.

A group of people opposing a New Jersey bill that would outlaw religious or "personal belief" exemptions for vaccines required for schools reportedly refused to leave a transit meeting Monday after being told they were at the wrong hearing.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus held a press conference Tuesday calling for flu shots to be provided for detained migrants, after a 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died of the flu while being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The WHO will hold a summit in Switzerland to discuss the advancement of vaccine safety across the globe this Monday and Tuesday.

Scientists at Scripps Research have released a study which suggests their experimental HIV vaccine has the potential to be effective against multiple strains of the virus.

The film features disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield.

The doctor who has issued the most vaccine exemptions in the San Diego area has been charged with gross negligence for granting an exemption to a four-year-old based on "irrelevant family medical history" and inadequate documentation.

If you want maximum protection during peak flu season, the best time to get your shot is now, the CDC said.

Health professionals and advocates of vaccination used Twitter to share their stories of vaccinating themselves and others.

Swiss pharmaceutical company Hypo Pet announced the development of a new drug that makes cats less able to produce allergens.

The U.S. has seen more than 20,000 new cases of Hepatitis A since 2017, as states struggle to get vulnerable populations vaccinated.

Some states are considering legislation that would make it easier to seek an immunization exemption. This is a step in the wrong direction.

We need to protect the most vulnerable: babies, people with cancer, transplant recipients, and children for whom the vaccine does not confer immunity.

The vaccine virus is weakened, and any symptoms will be milder than with wild infection, which makes significant, life-threatening complications vanishingly unlikely.

"My position is the same that it's always been," GOP Senator Rand Paul told Newsweek. "I'm both for vaccines and freedom. I think you can have both."

"God knows how I'm still alive," Lindenberger wrote on Reddit.

A plethora of other materials peddling anti-vax theories were still available as of Saturday.

The change was announced after a request from a congressman.

As many as 51 people, mostly unimmunized children under 10, have been infected by the potentially deadly disease in Clark County, Washington.

"... there is some concern that the rise in autism is the result of the preservatives that are in our vaccines."

Health Minister Giulia Grillo said it is time to "give space to the new."

Schools across the state have reported that dozens of children did not have their full immunizations.

At present, medications for acne are often insufficient and have been linked to serious side effects.

Ongoing economic turmoil has led to a shortage of vaccines for the deadly virus.

Donald Trump has previously tweeted about the widely debunked theory that vaccines are linked to autism.

Flu season may be winding down but it isn't over.

It's also possible that the vaccines may have been unsterile.

As of 2016, about two-thirds of two-year-olds in Oregon were up-to-date on their vaccines.

Vaccination rates in some European countries are extremely low.