P eter Hotez has made every effort to stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccines, starting with the initial two doses and ...

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...

If you’ve heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it’s easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak strikes fear in a parent’s heart ...

A nationwide surge in pertussis has reached Erie County, which reported 23 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease in 2024.

Dear Doctors: I just got the new COVID-19 booster, and the nurse said hardly anyone is getting the updated shot this year. I’m not surprised because after years of headlines, COVID-19 is gone from the ...

Here’s why doctors recommend getting specific shots at specific times — as well as what happens when parents stray from that ...

Infants typically receive the vaccine in a three-dose series of DTap shots between two and six months of age, then two more boosters by age 6. Adolescents and adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 ...

The side effects from the booster shots appear to be similar to those from the original series in this age group as well as in adults, Dr. Steven Zeichner, a pediatric infectious disease ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the first pediatric flu death of the 2024-25 season on Friday, Jan. 24.

More than half of U.S. adults (52 percent) think the vaccine given to pregnant individuals ... compared with the COVID-19 booster for reducing the risk for getting a severe case of the disease ...

Valneva has announced positive outcomes from its Phase III trial of the single-shot IXCHIQ chikungunya virus vaccine in ...