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Amber Gorrow and her daughter, Eleanor, 3, pick out a show to watch after Eleanor's nap at their home in Vancouver, Wash., on Wednesday. Eleanor has gotten her first measles vaccine, but Gorrow's son, Leon, 8 weeks, is still too young to be immunized.

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Measles Cases Mount In Pacific Northwest Outbreak

3:34pm February 08, 2019

by Jonathan Lambert

So far this year, 55 measles cases have been confirmed in Washington state, most of them in unvaccinated children. The outbreak's epicenter is Clark County, Wash., just north of Portland, Ore.

A measles outbreak in Washington State has triggered a state of emergency. In Clark County, where 35 cases have been reported, 31 were not immunized.

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Washington State Officials Declare State Of Emergency As Measles Outbreak Continues

9:36pm January 28, 2019

As of Monday, public health authorities reported 36 cases, most affecting children under the age of 10. All but four of those with the highly contagious disease have not been vaccinated.

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible — Fallout.

'Mission Impossible' Fails At The Mission To Depict A Medical Camp

6:29pm August 31, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

A health worker who spent time in Pakistan talks about the medical content of the blockbuster film.

As history tells it, young Edward Jenner heard a milkmaid brag that having cowpox made her immune to smallpox. And years later, as a doctor, he drew matter from a cowpox pustule on the arm of a milkmaid to vaccinate a young test subject (depicted in the d

What's The Real Story About The Milkmaid And The Smallpox Vaccine?

6:17pm February 01, 2018

by Susan Brink

As history tells it, young Edward Jenner heard a milkmaid say she'd had cowpox so couldn't get smallpox. And thus his idea for a vaccine was born. Now a researcher has fact-checked the tale.

A review of the evidence suggests that alerting people — by text, phone call or other method — when they're due or overdue to get a particular vaccination can boost immunization rates.

Got Your Flu Shot Yet? Consider This A Reminder

7:11am January 29, 2018

by Patti Neighmond

A research review suggests reminding people when their vaccinations are due or overdue increases the number of people who get immunized.

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By mid-January, there had been nearly 5,000 reported cases of diphtheria in the camps and 33 deaths.

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Rare Disease Finds Fertile Ground In Rohingya Refugee Camps

9:42pm January 27, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

Diphtheria is not seen in the West because almost everyone is vaccinated against it. But it's been infecting thousands of the refugees in Bangladesh.

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As flu cases mount in California, the state's health department recommends vaccination for all people 6 months and older.

What You Need To Know About This Year's Flu Season

8:44pm January 09, 2018

by Barbara Feder Ostrov

In California, the flu has struck early and hard this season. Health experts aren't sure why. The state's higher temperatures typically result in a later flu peak there than in other parts of the U.S.

Australia had a particularly hard flu season this year, which may predict similar challenges for the U.S.

In The U.S., Flu Season Could Be Unusually Harsh This Year

5:34pm December 08, 2017

by Rob Stein

Health officials fear the U.S. may have a nasty flu season because the main flu virus circulating this year tends to hit people hard and the flu vaccine may be weaker than normal.

An Afghan health worker vaccinates a child as part of a campaign to eliminate polio, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, in April 2017.

Webcast: Can The World Finally Wipe Out Polio?

12:05pm October 20, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

An early goal was to eradicate the disease by the year 2000. Where do we now stand — and what obstacles remain?

The microneedle patches developed at Georgia Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Drug Delivery each contain an array of needles less than a millimeter long.

Beyond The Nasty Needle: Trying To Make Vaccines More Comfy And Convenient

5:06am July 23, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

From tiny, dissolving needles to high-powered liquid streams and nasal sprays, scientists are developing alternatives to typical vaccinations.