Health department says Pueblo South Side Walmart visitors may have been exposed to measles
The state health department has identified the South Side Walmart as a possible measles exposure site. Here's what to know.
Texas adds another 59 more measles cases, US doubles 2024 total number of cases
The U.S. now has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024, with Texas reporting another large jump ...
Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia
A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults' risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.
Whooping cough cases climb nationally, two infants die in Louisiana
In Louisiana, two infants have died of pertussis in the past six months, according to the state health department, the first ...
American Council on Science and Health5d
Childhood Vaccines Are Much Safer Than the Diseases They Prevent
Vaccination not only safeguards the health of individuals but also preserves the collective health of our communities, ...
Washington state reports another measles case. What does measles look like?
Measles rashes often start as "flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs, and feet," according to the CDC. After contact with the ...
VTDigger3d
Hundreds of Vermont schools and child care facilities do not meet herd immunity threshold for measles
Amid the worst U.S. measles outbreak in years, Vermont health officials have raised concerns about the state’s not-quite-high enough childhood vaccination rate.
The shingles vaccine could be the next best tool to prevent dementia, new study finds
G etting vaccinated for the viral illness shingles, which causes a painful rash, could potentially be the next best tool in ...
The Associated Press on MSN1d
US has twice as many measles cases so far this year than in all of 2024
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