New pneumococcal vaccine as safe as older one

The new pneumococcal vaccine appears to be as safe as the previously used vaccine, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published Monday in the journal Vaccine.

FREEPORT — The state is stepping up enforcement of a vaccine requirement this year that all students entering grades six through 12 show proof of a booster vaccination for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

INSIDE: All about pertussis

ANN ARBOR—Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence. Some say the vaccine wears off quicker than public health officials had previously believed. Others suggest that the vaccine protects against illness but does not prevent transmission of the bacterial disease, which is also known as pertussis.

Should we say no to nosodes?

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A growing number of medical professionals are asking why homeopathic vaccines are being sold

Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence.

Measles uptick in Britain: Blame Andrew Wakefield's autism-vaccine study?

Last month, emergency vaccination clinics were held every weekend in Wales, the epicenter of the measles outbreak in U.K.