Infectious Diseases - April 2017 Archives

It's World Immunization Week, so it's a good time to see if you're up to date on your shots. Just because you're an adult, doesn't ...

Antibiotics have been credited with saving countless lives. Penicillin, discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming, is recognized as one of the greatest advances in ...

There are new warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the use of codeine and tramadol in children and nursing mothers. ...

“Immunizations” is a word most parents or children don’t want to hear. Yet, immunizations play an important role in keeping many spreadable, harmful diseases away ...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology released the first global HPV vaccination guidelines to prevent cervical cancer. Mayo Clinic oncologist Dr. Gerardo Colon-Otero says these new guidelines ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a health advisory as they investigate multiple outbreaks of the mumps, including one on South Padre ...

Among pregnant women in the U.S. with confirmed Zika virus, about 1 in 10 had a fetus or baby with birth defects. That's according to a new ...

Most children who die from the flu are not vaccinated. That's according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The Arkansas Department of Health is investigating 2,918 confirmed cases of mumps and reports some of those cases involved children and adults who were immunized. ...