I was literally nauseated by Kennedy’s remarks” about Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

It was 1959 and Duguay, of Clearwater, Florida, had polio. It mostly preyed on children and was one of the most feared ...

A couple of months ago people were predicting a vaccine for Covid-19 by April. Clearly that was never going to happen - and here's why ...

Whooping cough, scientifically known as pertussis, is experiencing a dramatic resurgence that threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems and endanger millions of adults who mistakenly believe they ...

UNION, W.Va. (WVVA) - A case of whooping cough (pertussis) has prompted an investigation by the Monroe County Health Department. The department posted that a case of pertussis was confirmed and ...

Live-attenuated Pertussis Vaccine Live-attenuated pertussis vaccines have a number of advantages over the current parenterally administered inactivated vaccines. First, nasal administration is ...

Vaccines are our best defense against many diseases that can be very contagious and cause serious illness, hospitalization, and even death. The vaccines you need may depend on your age, health ...

Whooping cough, due to Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis, is an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. Despite widespread pertussis immunization in childhood, there ...

Two unvaccinated babies have died from pertussis, better known as whooping cough, in Kentucky in the last six months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced Friday. These two deaths in ...

There have been more than 10,000 whooping cough cases in the United States so far this year, an unusually high number even by prepandemic standards, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, a vaccine expert at ...