In Florida, the number of kindergartners with mandatory vaccinations decreased to 88% in the 2023-24 school year from 94% in ...

March 16 marks Indias National Vaccination Day, the launch of the Pulse Polio program, and the birth and death anniversaries of notable figures. Explore key historical events from governance, arts, ...

According to healthychildren.org, childhood vaccines consistently remain at very high and beneficial levels of safety and efficacy.

Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...

A vaccine against norovirus, the dreaded “winter vomiting bug”, could be closer than you think: early clinical trials have ...

On an August morning in 1949, when I was six, I got out of bed and collapsed on the floor. By evening, I was paralyzed from the neck down and in an iron lung. I spent the next five months in a polio ...

By Sharon AtienoKenya risks a vaccination crisis if the country does not honour its Global Alliance for Vaccines and ...

As the measles outbreak in the U.S. spreads, experts fear that other preventable diseases, including polio, rubella, and mumps, could return. Here’s what you can do to stay safe.

Getting vaccinated continues to be the most effective way to prevent infection, local health experts say, as the number of confirmed measles cases grows nationwide.

Following a confirmed measles case in Fresno County with potential exposures in Madera County, health officials are urging the public how avoidable these ...

Researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine using virus-like ...