Until now it has been believed infants catch whooping cough from moms, but in a latest study researchers find more comes from siblings and very less from dads and grandparents. Researchers have come up with suggestions too that would help in protecting the acquiring of whooping cough from close contacts. […]

A new government study says some pockets of US kindergarten-age children are still unvaccinated against preventable diseases and this poses a public health threat. Data of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals only 1.7 percent of parents of small kids sought exemptions from laws last year requiring […]

A mom in Michigan has been jailed for a week just for refusing to vaccinate her son. The 40-year-old Rebecca Bredow felt immunizing was against her religious beliefs and she can passionately take care of her children, about their health and well-being too. The mother of two was sentenced on […]

The World Health Organization announced Thursday to be launching emergency yellow fever vaccination campaigns in the areas within 75-100 km of the border of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in the Congolese capital Kinshasa. More than 300 people have been lately killed in Angola due to […]