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As exemptions increase across the country, the number of children protected by vaccines is dropping, which could lead to more infectious disease outbreaks.
While chronic hepatitis B can be treated, it cannot be cured and may lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer.
More funding is needed to control the outbreak.
Farrar was the director of the Wellcome Trust before joining the WHO.
Roughly 100 new cases are being reported each day.
Researchers have long wondered about the precise mechanisms behind the higher TB prevalence in men.
Pediatricians across the country are bracing for possible measles outbreaks as kids head back to the classroom.
Those who have been vaccinated against measles experience a milder, shorter illness.
A French study finds that heart or cognitive health benefits might be the biggest motivators.
As of July, 26 people had been hospitalized due to Salmonella linked to the tainted eggs.
Both Crawford and Portage counties had previously reported cases in farm-raised deer.
Most of the new cases are in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
A vaccine given to pregnant women and an antibody therapy given to newborns both protect babies during their first respiratory virus season.
A new study finds fewer outright instances of vaccine hesitancy and refusal than have often been seen for other vaccines.
The CDC added more than 3,100 new cases to the iceberg outbreak, but they could reflect a reporting lag.
A town near Asheville, North Carolina, appears to be the edge of this expanding territory.
While the risk of New World screwworm is low for most dogs in the US, canines in affected areas of Texas and New Mexico have a new treatment option.
While prescriptions for leucovorin for kids spiked, adult prescriptions did not increase.
We also cover a new FDA-approved mRNA flu vaccine, AAP flu vaccine recs, and a review of the US's measles elimination status.
The report notes that countries that have not introduced the rubella vaccine are primarily low-income or afflicted with conflict.
