Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked ...
Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case
The Supreme Court says a woman can seek lawyers' fees from the government even though her lawsuit over damage she said was caused by a vaccine was ...
WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough
The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary. The U.N.'s global health ...
India announces low-cost rotavirus vaccine
The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the ...
Drugmakers, health groups bring poor girls vaccine
Two multinational drugmakers are teaming up with top global health groups to protect millions of girls in the world's poorest countries from deadly ...
Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice
Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed ...
Latest HIV vaccine doesn't work; govt halts study
The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren't ...
New push against polio and new vaccines in Somalia
Two dozen babies sat on the laps of their mothers, who dressed in a rainbow of headscarves at the Medina Maternal Child Health Center. They are among ...
Man dies as UK measles epidemic spreads
U.K. authorities say a 25-year-old man is suspected to have died from measles as an epidemic continues to sweep across south Wales. The outbreak has ...
Polio vaccine developer Koprowski dies in Pa.
Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, has died. He was 96. Although not as ...
Gunmen kill Pakistani policeman during polio drive
Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks ...
New world strategy aims to eradicate polio by 2018
A new global plan aims to end most cases of polio by late next year, and essentially eradicate the paralyzing disease by 2018 — if authorities can ...
240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive
Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering ...
105 US kids died of flu; most didn't get vaccine
The flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children so far — about the average toll. The season started about a month earlier than usual, ...
Panel: Thumbs down on anthrax vaccine test in kids
Don't look for testing of the anthrax vaccine to begin in children any time soon. Controversy arose last year as experts debated whether such studies ...
Correction: Sierra Leone-Gates Fund story
In a story March 10 about Sierra Leone charging 29 people with fraud, The Associated Press erroneously identified the Global Alliance for Vaccines and ...
Gunmen kill Pakistani officer escorting polio team
Gunmen shot and killed a police officer Tuesday who was protecting a team of polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern ...
Flu shot doing poor job of protecting older people
It turns out this year's flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting older people, the most vulnerable age group. The vaccine is proving ...
Q&A: Weighing the value of less effective flu shot
This season's flu shot seemed to do little to protect people over 65 from the worst and most dominant flu strain spreading around, a small government ...
2 Nigeria journalists charged after polio killings
Police in northern Nigeria arrested and charged two radio journalists and a local cleric alleged to have sparked the killings of at least nine women ...
Health worker killings show north Nigeria dangers
North Korean doctors hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers. Women vaccinating children against polio gunned down in the street. A top Islamic ...
After early start, worst of flu season may be over
The worst of the flu season appears to be over. The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few ...
Gunmen kill Nigeria women giving polio vaccines
Gunmen suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic sect shot and killed at least nine women who were taking part in a polio vaccination drive in ...
New whooping cough strain in US raises questions
Researchers have discovered the first U.S. cases of whooping cough caused by a germ that may be resistant to the vaccine. Health officials are looking ...
New tuberculosis vaccine doesn't protect infants
The world's most advanced tuberculosis vaccine failed to protect babies against the infectious disease, according to a new study in South Africa.
Email
US
International
India
Россия
Română
Singapore
South Africa
México
Indonesia
Brasileira
