As the new school year approaches, the West Virginia Department of Health (DH) underscores the importance of ensuring students are up to date on their immunizations. Immunizations (also called ...

Everyone seems to be getting something free nowadays for getting the vaccine. Free doughnut ... a couple of boundaries I would remark on. West Virginia started to offer guns as a reward for ...

Democrat Kamala Harris says recent comments by her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, are “offensive” and that it’s clear he ...

The vaccine for polio was first released in 1955. World War II hero Dwight D Eisenhower was president at the time, and he enjoyed approval ratings in the 70s. Such popularity is unheard of in ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — With viral outbreaks spreading more quickly, faster responses and quicker development of new vaccines has become crucial. However, production of the mRNA used in vaccines is ...

Years after a controversial study was proven to be fraudulent, studies show there’s no link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. In 1998, a medical journal published ...

“Vaccines are a good deal in the sense of benefit versus risk,” explains Dr. Dokyoung Yoon, MD, a family medicine physician at MedStar Health in McLean, Virginia. “Vaccines can protect you ...

Areas with low uptake of the MMR vaccine, such as the West Midlands and London, are being targeted first. A similar campaign last winter pushed up vaccinations by 10%. UK health officials said ...

"We don't know the long-term side effects of Covid vaccines." That's a claim that's still common to see shared online. But a year is actually considered relatively "long term" when it comes to ...