The parents of the boy, who has not been named, agreed to share their son's case to help raise awareness of rabies.
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak leads several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
The New Hampshire Senate again shot down an annual effort to change the process by which New Hampshire families can get religious exemptions for vaccine requirements. State law requires children be vaccinated against polio, tetanus, hepatitis B, mumps, pertussis, rubella, rubeola, varicella, diphtheria, and haemophilus influenzae type B before entering school or childcare. However, there […]
A team of scientists from the University of Bath have developed a new antigen against the Hantaan disease - a type of hantavirus
The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday not to eliminate the state’s hepatitis B requirement — the latest setback for the State House’s Republican anti-vaccine contingent. Instead, senators sent House Bill 1719, sponsored by Republican Rep. Kelley Potenza, to interim study, a maneuver that sidelines the bill until at least next year. HB 1719 was one […]
The US military helped create the first flu vaccine to keep service members in action – and the logic for requiring vaccination has not changed.
As rotavirus spreads this season, doctors worry that falling vaccination rates may endanger kids.
As childhood vaccination rates in Allegheny County decline, The Conversation asked experts why parents are opting out and how to protect vaccination policy.
An enduring sense of ownership led businesses and citizens to defend the country’s public health system.
The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s trust in science.