A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a
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Vaccine uptake has been a front-page issue over the past year, given the epidemic levels of whooping cough in some U.S. states and the upsurge
In states where medical exemptions for school vaccinations are easier to get, exemption rates are higher, according to a new study published late last month
New statistics show that the United States is in the midst of the worst outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, in fifty years. Case reports
A new report published in the journal Pediatrics shows that the number of parents delaying or limiting their children’s vaccinations more than tripled from 2006
The number of reported measles cases in Ukraine has increased over the past several months, with an especially high concentration of cases in western Ukraine.
Northern Cameroon reported 23 cases of yellow fever in six districts since October. Seven patients have passed away. In an effort to curb the spread
At the annual Infectious Diseases Society of America conference, held last week in Boston, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the United
In July 2011 The Guardian (UK) explored the Central Intelligence Agency’s fake vaccine campaign, which rolled out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in an attempt to acquire
On August 31st, we reported that four children were diagnosed with polio in Xinjiang, China, a country that had been polio-free for eleven years.