Vaccines in the News
Vaccines in the News
Vaccine Has Sharply Reduced HPV in Teenage Girls, Study Says
February 22, 2016
A vaccine introduced a decade ago to combat the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer has already reduced the virus's prevalence in teenage girls by almost two-thirds, federal researchers said Monday. [+] more
Poll: Parents rate flu vaccines less important than other vaccines
February 22, 2016
A new national poll by conducted by C.S. Mott Children's Hospital reveals that 59% of parents who don't get their children flu shots, rate flu vaccines as less important, effective and safe than other vaccines. [+] more
The HPV Vaccine Is Lowering Infection Rates
February 22, 2016
Most people don't think of vaccinating themselves to protect against cancer, but when public health experts in the U.S. began recommending in 2006 that young girls, and eventually boys, be immunized against HPV, that's exactly what they had in mind. [+] more
Why Pertussis is Making a Comeback
February 22, 2016
Whooping cough, a potentially life-threatening childhood illness, all but disappeared in the 1940s after a vaccine was developed. Why is it making a comeback now, when most children are vaccinated? [+] more
