Vaccines have traditionally been administered via an injection or by mouth. There is no denying the fact that most people do not like vaccine injections and it seems that they may no longer need ..
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently recommended that Americans who travel to areas of the world where there is active cholera should be vaccinated. There is now a ..
For Americans who want to travel to Africa or certain parts of South America and want a yellow fever vaccine may have to wait or may have to change their travels plans. Yellow fever is a ..
Almost all over the country, there are reports of new cases of mumps. Texas alone is experiencing a 20-year high in mumps cases. So far, nearly 2,000 cases have been reported in 42 states and ..
Experts in infectious disease believe that one of the least appreciated organisms on earth is wolbachia. This particular organism infects millions of invertebrates including shrimps, spiders and ..
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and The Centers for Disease control and Prevention have just released an update on the immunization schedules for children for 2017. One very notable ..
It has been known for some time that the bugs causing malaria were resistant to some of the older antimalarial drugs. Now a new study indicates that the problem is even worse than anticipated. ..
Hepatitis C is a chronic disorder with no cure. Unlike Hepatitis B, there is no vaccine to prevent this infection. The few available drugs do not always work and there is a constant search for ..
An experimental Ebola vaccine has just been developed to prevent the deadly infection caused by the Ebola virus. Ever since the lethal virus epidemic 2 years ago, researchers have been trying to ..
Millions of people travel all over the world each year and while they do take their personal belongings with them, they often forget to take a first aid kit. This is no longer a trivial matter ..
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