Experts in vaccines and vaccination—including pediatricians—work together throughout the year to update the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger. The ...

The federal government is cutting $500 million in research money for development of mRNA vaccines, which were widely used against the COVID-19 virus. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a ...

Although this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t protect as well against the dominant subclade K strain, doctors still say that ...

Childhood immunizations, introduced over 75 years ago, significantly reduce the prevalence of once-common diseases. The childhood immunization schedule covers 14 diseases, including measles, polio, ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of ...

Measles and smallpox, for example, are viruses; Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterium that causes a range of diseases, ...

Plenty of people – about 1 in 3, according to some studies — feel bad for a day or two after they get a flu shot. The most common symptoms include headaches, muscle aches, fatigue and fever, all of ...

CWRU encourages all students to be up-to-date on their recommended vaccines, including COVID-19. While COVID-19 vaccine is not required at CWRU, some clinical rotation sites may have their own ...

Midwife Sarah Joy Owen's insights about the whooping cough and RSV vaccines in pregnancy and why she recommends them to all ...

The U.S. and Denmark healthcare systems are radically different — examining only the specific vaccines offered in each ...