October 24, 2015 California college to offer non-approved meningitis vaccine Students at a California public university where meningococcal disease broke out in the fall will be offered a vaccine not approved for use in the United States, public health officials said on Friday.
October 24, 2015 Why the flu shot works better for women New research shows how testosterone impacts immune responses in men and women.
October 24, 2015 Mother claims flu shot is responsible for death of teenage son A Utah mother is claiming that a flu shot is responsible for the recent death of her 19-year-old son.
October 24, 2015 Australia to penalize parents who don't vaccinate children The Australian government said on Wednesday that it will pass a law that would withhold child care and other payments from families that fail to immunize their children.
October 24, 2015 Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in the field. But with hundreds of people dying a day in the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, there is no time to wait.
October 24, 2015 Amid US measles outbreak, few rules on teacher vaccinations Much of the attention in the measles outbreak has focused on student vaccination requirements, but less attention has been paid to another group in the nation's classrooms: teachers and staff members, who in general are not required to be vaccinated.
October 24, 2015 2 leading Ebola vaccines appear safe, further tests starting The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa.
October 24, 2015 Vaccine opposition has ebbed and flowed over centuries They're considered one of mankind's greatest medical achievements, yet people have balked at vaccines almost since the time of the first vaccination - in 1796, when an English country doctor named Edward Jenner inoculated an 8-year-old boy against smallpox.
October 24, 2015 Why you should, and shouldn't, worry about measles Measles has become relatively rare in the United States, thanks to very effective vaccine. A recent outbreak tied to Disneyland has shown that even among some doctors, knowledge of the once-common illness is spotty.
October 24, 2015 South African scientists map HIV antibodies in vaccine hunt Scientists in South Africa have mapped the evolution of an antibody that kills different strains of the HIV virus, which might yield a vaccine for the incurable disease.
