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St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Health has declared an end to the state's measles outbreak that began in February. It has been six weeks since the last case was identified. [+] more

Haven’t heard much about bacterial meningitis in the past few years? Well, thanks to routine use of vaccines against Streptococcus group b, the most common bacterial cause, rates of the disease have declined by 59 percent in a decade. According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, there were 6,000 annual cases of bacterial meningitis in 1998, compared to 4,000 reported cases in 2007. Researchers from the CDC, led by Michael Thigpen, evaluated data on bacterial meningitis cases from eight surveillance areas as part of the Emerging Infections Program Network; the study encompassed approximately 17.4 million people between 1998 and 2007. [+] more

Vaccines that save lives by preventing disease have been around for centuries. Now, new vaccines that treat cancer are being developed, but how they will be combined with existing treatments is not clear. [+] more

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A measles outbreak in New York City, and it seems to be spreading. The health department released an alert to doctors in the city today, telling them to be on the lookout for measles. [+] more