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Despite the availability of an effective and relatively safe vaccine, pertussis remains a cause of serious and sometimes fatal illness in children.

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a serious illness that can have lasting life long effects if caught by infants. Help prevent pertussis with vaccination.

The Centers for Disease Control report that the number of whooping cough cases rose about 210% from 2002 to 2004.

Vaccines have been promoted to be critical in preventing flu epidemics & potentially fatal cervical cancer. Their safety depends on the type of methods used to make them.

Tdap provides continually protection for children aged 11 and 12, adolescents aged 13-18, and adults aged 19-65 against these potentially lethal bacterial infections.

Understanding vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases is an important step in making informed decisions regarding vaccinations.

Alternative vaccination schedules incorporate selective and delayed vaccination to reduce the risks of adverse reactions and vaccine injury.

Parents can do several things to boost a child's immune system in order to protect against infectious diseases and minimize chances of adverse vaccine reactions.

Tetanus is one of the conditions that a person can be vaccinated for. What exactly is it?

Many diseases preventable by vaccines have become rare in the United States, but that doesn't mean they've disappeared.

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a veritable treasure when it comes to health. It provides information on a wide spectrum of health issues.

The status of health care in Afghanistan has been decimated by decades of war. Disease epidemics are common, including outbreaks of polio. Infant mortality is also high.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), which primarily affects children, is an inflammatory demyelinating condition with symptoms similar to those seen in MS.

Holy basil has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for hundreds of years. New medical literature proves its efficacy against bacterial and viral infections.

Vaccinations are one of the truly remarkable public health victories of the modern era. How exactly does one make a vaccine and how do they protect against disease.

Only one disease has ever been eradicated from Earth and vaccines continue to be necessary to prevent deformity and death.

Some parents and researchers have asserted that vaccines are indicted as a cause of autism. A careful review of the facts reveals this statement to be quite false.

Although four different swine flu, or H1N1, vaccines have been approved by the FDA, only one of these has been approved for children under the age of two.

Health care providers from family doctors to travel clinics can provide immunizations for travelers going abroad, but family doctors may only give routine vaccinations.

Immunization campaigns have made great gains against deadly diseases. But a new study warns that millions of children in the developing world are being left behind.

Adults are not getting the vaccinations they need to keep from getting serious diseases, and are leaving themselves vulnerable to serious illness.

The HPV vaccine is the first anti-cancer vaccine and is currently under much debate. Should this vaccine be mandatory for girls and young women and is it safe?