Vaccines have been going on in this country since George Washington ordered the Continental Army to get inoculated against smallpox, which was crucial to winning the Revolutionary War. The editorial ...

Clear proof that isolation was the remedy There are a number of proofs (apart from Haygarth’s experiment and Leicester) that it was isolation, not ring vaccination, that eradicated smallpox. First, we ...

Pharma groups like $113 bln Sanofi and Pfizer have spent years investing in immunisations. But scepticism from the US ...

US scientists develop miraculous vaccine which primes immune system for months to fight off all viruses, bacteria and even ...

A new look at one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in history, which rapidly eradicated smallpox in Copenhagen in the early 1800s, has uncovered possible lessons for boosting vaccine ...

Oregon is officially experiencing a measles outbreak as vaccinations decline, the state health authority said on Thursday.

‘Misinformation is rife’: Readers on why parents are skipping the measles vaccine - YOUR VIEWS: Our community is alarmed by ...

The vaccine has been successfully tested on animals by a team at the University of Stanford and is now moving onto human trials.

Our community is alarmed by the UK’s growing measles outbreak, citing social media misinformation and widespread distrust of ...

Children who are too young to be vaccinated, immunocompromised individuals, people who cannot receive vaccines for medical ...

ATLANTA — Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died. Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according ...

Researchers developed a nasal vaccine that provides broad protection against respiratory viruses, bacteria, and allergens in ...