October 25, 2015 Washington woman's measles death is first in US since 2003 Washington state health officials say measles caused the death of a woman from the northwest part of the state in the spring - the first measles death in the U.S. since 2003 and the first in Washington since 1990.
October 25, 2015 Flu vaccine cuts hospitalization risk for kids, CDC says The flu vaccine reducedchildren's risk of developing a life-threatening influenza infection by three quarters during the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 flu seasons in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
October 25, 2015 An injection to treat Alzheimer's could be available 'within 5 years' A drug could provide a breakthrough for Alzheimer's disease within the next five years, U.K. scientists say.
October 25, 2015 After delay, lawmakers advance California vaccine bill Opponents of a proposal that would require California schoolchildren to be vaccinated vowed to continue their fight after a Senate committee overwhelmingly approved the bill Wednesday.
October 25, 2015 FDA approves new bird flu vaccine for national stockpile The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc for use in the event of an H5N1 bird flu epidemic.
October 25, 2015 WHO's Chan says initial results from Ebola vaccine trial 'promising' Initial results from an Ebola vaccine trial in Guinea are "exciting" and "promising" and suggest the shot could help bring an end to West Africa's epidemic, World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan said on Friday.
October 25, 2015 Drugmakers to join forces to make millions of Ebola vaccine doses Leading drugmakers plan to work together to speed up the development of an Ebola vaccine and hope to produce millions of doses for use next year.
October 24, 2015 Many U.S. adults skipping flu shots, reports CDC Just over a third of U.S. adults ages 18 to 65 got the flu shot during the 2012-2013 flu season, according to an analysis released on Tuesday, and if that trend holds for the current flu season, many adults may be at risk.
October 24, 2015 Adults only catch flu around twice a decade, study finds Adults only get flu twice a decade on average, scientists have found, suggesting that most of the coughs and colds that keep millions of people off work every year are down to other bugs.
October 24, 2015 Roche's Tamiflu for children temporarily in short supply in U.S. In what is shaping up to be a tough and widespread flu season in the United States, one of the leading medicines used to treat children with the sometimes deadly virus is in short supply.
