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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …