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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The typical vaccination for influenza contains three strains of the influenza virus, carefully chosen to bring the greatest relief to the largest audience. One or two of those virus strains changes each year, based …

The final results of a study involving thousands of male and female pneumonia patients, aged from 65 to 94, has revealed a questionable degree of benefit of annual influenza vaccinations in the elderly population.  In …

A vaccine that will prevent infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is thought to be the best hope for ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic sweeping the globe and the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has developed …

Jenny was a healthy, happy 13-year-old from Northern California until about 15 months ago when signs of muscle deterioration began appearing.  At that time, she’d also completed the third and final dose of Gardasil, the …

Rotavirus causes vomiting and diarrhea in the youngest children and can often be severe enough to warrant hospitalization.  It can be even worse.  Each day, 1,600 children around the world under the age of 5 …

Travelers to Mexico and many other locations around the world are warned to beware of Montezuma’s revenge and don’t drink the water.  Doctors refer to Montezuma’s revenge as travelers’ diarrhea and it does come from …