Tips For Staying Healthy When Traveling Abroad
Two travel tips are often overlooked by clinicians, and can be especially helpful when people are headed to places with less-than-ideal plumbing and sewage systems.
Vaccines
Understanding The History Behind Communities' Vaccine Fears
A measles outbreak in Minnesota's Somali-American community is the latest example of the challenges public health officials face in addressing deeply ingrained concerns about vaccine safety.
U.S. Supply Of Yellow Fever Vaccine Will Run Out By Midsummer
Officials are working on an emergency import deal for another vaccine that is not licensed in the U.S. Even then, a limited number of doses will be available at only a small number of clinics.
As A Boy, He Learned About Science By Rubbing Calves' Ears
Dr. Thumbi Mwangi had a eureka moment when he began researching a cattle disease in the U.S. The treatment was the same thing his dad the farmer had him do when he was growing up in Kenya.
Powdered Vaccine Raises Hopes Of Stopping A Top Killer Of Kids
It's aimed at rotavirus, a nasty pathogen that can cause diarrhea and kills more than 500 children a day. The secret to the vaccine is the same thing that makes space ice cream so cool.
Trump Foreign Budget: HIV Prevention Spared, U.N. And Others Lose Big
The fiscal plan "puts America first" by slashing funds from many (but not all) global health and development programs.
To Test Zika Vaccines, Scientists Need A New Outbreak
It's a bit of a paradox, but researchers say they need Zika virus to re-emerge this year so they can test vaccines designed to defeat it.
Despite The Facts, Trump Once Again Embraces Vaccine Skeptics
Theories that a preservative in childhood vaccines could cause autism have been disproved and dismissed. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he'll be heading up a Trump-requested commission on the topic.
Mumps Bump: Cases Rise In Iowa, Illinois And Arkansas
Mumps spreads easily through schools and colleges. And in northwestern Arkansas, where the current outbreak is centered, students often live in close quarters with their families.
Advice For Doctors Talking To Parents About HPV Vaccine: Make It Brief
A decade after HPV vaccine was introduced in the U.S., many doctors still hesitate to routinely recommend that children get vaccinated against the cancer-causing virus.