Vaccines

A nanotech-based vaccine that can be applied to the body's mucus membranes could be an effective, needle-less vaccination method, a new study in mice shows.

Measles outbreaks continue to occur in the United States particularly in communities with high percentages of people who are not vaccinated because of religious and philosophical beliefs.

Young children who miss some of their whooping cough shots, or receive the shots late, are at increased risk of catching the disease, a new study suggests.

A good strategy for developing a universal flu vaccine may be to try to mimic the body's natural immune response to a pandemic flu virus, a new study suggests.

Despite growing evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is effective at preventing HPV infections, just one-third of teen girls complete the vaccination series, a new study finds.

Health officials decided not to add an extra dose of whooping cough vaccine to the vaccination schedule for teens and adults at this time.

Seasonal flu shots have a substantial health benefit.

Most adults don't know when they were last vaccinated against whooping cough.

Experts are optimistic a way to stop the spread of AIDS will be found.

The HPV vaccine is highly effective at preventing the pre-cancerous stages of cervical cancer.

How to protect your children against measles, mumps, chickenpox and more.

Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who first proposed a link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and autism is suing the British Medical Journal.

Post-polio syndrome can strike people decades after they've recovered from polio.

This year's flu season is pretty average, compared to last year's H1N1 pandemic.

There is no link between autism and vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal.

The 2009 swine flu vaccine slightly increased the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome.