Vaccine exemptions overall are also on the rise. Almost 1,800 students in Allegheny County submitted medical, religious or ...

Health authorities in the Gaza Strip on Sunday launched a vaccination campaign targeting children under three years old, ...

When most people think of chickenpox, they picture itchy red blisters on kids missing school. But here’s the surprising part: ...

There are few more divisive issues in medicine today than the topic of vaccines. Until COVID, most Americans were glad to have their children vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HepB, ...

Every year, this illness makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. This time, some parents and pediatricians ...

Years after the reign of Warren Jeffs, the Short Creek community on the Utah-Arizona border is focused on rebuilding. Missed vaccines were low on the list of priorities, until now.

A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts ...

Alerts have been issued about the rising number of chickenpox cases in Northern New South Wales this year. Meanwhile, ...

After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.

Being covered in itchy red bumps isn’t anybody's idea of a good time. Even though the chickenpox vaccine has reduced cases by nearly 90 percent since it was introduced, it’s still possible to get this ...