Vaccines in the News
Vaccines in the News
'It's everyone's worst fear': How a small college survived an outbreak
April 7, 2016
About dawn one Sunday morning, Jan. 31, a health official at a small Jesuit college in California got an alarming phone call: A student had been rushed to the hospital. The ER staff quickly suspected meningitis. And while they treated and tested for the highly contagious, often fatal disease, scores of other students were streaming into the emergency room, frightened by their own symptoms. [+] more
Flu Shot During Pregnancy May Reduce Risk of Stillbirths
April 7, 2016
Flu vaccination during pregnancy may reduce the risk of stillbirth, a new study reports. Researchers studied birth and maternal vaccination records for 58,008 pregnancies in Western Australia during the 2012 and 2013 flu seasons. [+] more
Your Immune System Needs Its Sleep
April 7, 2016
It's no big surprise to hear that there are a whole host of negative consequences caused by sleep loss. Fatigue and moodiness are more obvious, but what stuck with me was the effect on our immune system. While there aren't a significant number of studies that have looked at this yet, the results that have been found so far are striking. [+] more
Mumps Cases Increasing, Spread To Purdue Campus
April 7, 2016
As of the beginning of April, there have been 45 cases of mumps on Indiana college campuses. [+] more
