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Two long-planned vaccine meetings — one at the US Centers for Disease Control and another at the US Food and Drug Administration — have now been disrupted under the watch of US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating five hospitalizations that occurred in people who had recently received a vaccine that prevents disease caused by the chikungunya virus.
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Vintage photos show life before the measles vaccine
Measles outbreak: Does the vaccine last for life — or should you get a booster now?
A major measles outbreak in West Texas — which on Tuesday resulted in the death of an unvaccinated child, the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade — highlights the troubling rise in measles in the U.
Measles outbreak FAQ: Do I need a vaccine booster? What do I do if I've been exposed? And what are the symptoms?
A child has died of measles in Texas, officials said — the first death from the highly contagious disease the United States has seen in a decade. The school-age child was not vaccinated, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The vaccine is the only way to prevent measles, but it also prevents other illnesses. The other “M” stands for mumps, and the “R” stands for rubella. Children can also get an MMRV vaccine, which adds protection against varicella, better known as chickenpox.
Neil Vaccines are medicine which protect the human body by making it immune from a certain disease. Now, there’s been a sudden and important discovery – a breakthrough - in the development of a new vaccine called mRNA.
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