Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have enlisted at least a dozen people to take part in the study of a vaccine against colon cancer. Still in the experimental stage of development, the vaccine is expected to block the growth…

This year’s influenza (flu) season is off to a late but vigorous start, with some areas being so hard hit that medical experts are reminding people that it’s still not too late to get a flu shot.  These shots help…

A suspected link between childhood vaccines and autism was thought by many to be dispelled by a federal court ruling last week that declared no link between the two.  Autism activists in Iowa aren’t convinced, however, and will continue seeking…

After more than a year of emotionally charged testimonies, the US Court of Federal Claims has determined that routine childhood vaccination does not cause autism.  The ruling is the result of three test cases involving three families of autistic children,…

Producing a vaccine for influenza is a tricky business.  Global trends must be analyzed, three separate strains of the flu virus must be chosen, and enough vaccine prepared months in advance of flu season in order to have ample supplies…

Oh, mosquitoes!  Everybody hates them.  They buzz, they bite, they itch, and they’ve ruined as many picnics as those pesky ants have.  Mosquitoes are much worse than a mere nuisance, however.  They carry a parasite that can infect a person…

In the first government-backed survey conducted since Gardasil, the vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), made its market debut in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about 25% of all American girls between the ages of…

In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine, Gardasil, for girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26 as a means of preventing cervical cancer caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).  In a September…

Many people think getting a flu vaccination will protect them from getting the flu and, by extension, reduce the number of deaths attributed to an influenza outbreak.  New research, however, reveals the flu vaccination does not prevent death in elderly…

With the hope of putting to rest the question, posed in 1998, that the widely used childhood measles vaccine is linked to gastrointestinal (GI) illness that heralds the onset of autism, researchers at Columbia University have released the findings of…

Measles, mumps, and whooping cough outbreaks have been reported in the United States in recent months.  In other countries, children have become ill with the measles and polio.  All these diseases, once common to childhood, can be avoided by a…

The biotechnology research firm, Novavax, announced impressive results in a human trial of the vaccine it is developing for the H5N1, or Indonesian, strain of bird flu discovered in 2005.  This particular strain of bird flu has made 385 people…

Between January and July of this year, 131 cases of measles have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). One single outbreak in Illinois affected 30 individuals but people in 15 states and the District…

During 2007, more than 11,000 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer. Another 3,600 women died from it. The recently introduced Gardasil vaccine is expected to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer but it is most effective…