Vaccine News
I helped declare the U.S. measles-free in 2000. I’m dismayed by where…
I started my medical career in the early 1990s as a vaccine nihilist. The immunization seminar during my residency was…
A Comprehensive Review of the MMR Vaccine Studies: Many Years and Millions…
Have you ever wondered what all those science articles about vaccines and autism really say? Look no further! A pediatrician,…
Immune Amnesia: How the Texas Measles Outbreak Could Promote the Spread of…
In the years before the introduction of the measles vaccine, the disease infected more than half a million people and killed…
Measles outbreak spreads as 250 cases reported across multiple states
The measles outbreak continues to spread in areas of west Texas and New Mexico and has now reached several other…
Denver Health to host mass vaccination clinics for measles amid outbreaks in…
Denver Health will soon host mass vaccination clinics for the measles virus through its school-based health centers (SBHC) in Denver…
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Chris Riley’s symptoms started in the summer of 2021. At first, he didn’t think much about them. His throat felt…
What Coloradans need to know about measles as outbreaks pop up around…
Colorado has not recorded a case of measles this year, according to the state health department, but officials believe it…
Adult infected with measles dies in New Mexico, health officials say
An adult who was infected with measles has died in New Mexico, state health officials announced Thursday, though the virus has…
Why This Year’s Flu Season Is the Worst in More Than a…
It’s been a brutal flu season. Rates of hospitalizations and outpatient visits for influenza are at a 15-year high, according…
No, vitamin A does not prevent measles
As measles spreads in Texas, New Mexico, and other states, a Texas child died from measles for the first time in the United States…
What was childhood like before vaccines?
In the 19th century, it was incredibly dangerous to be a child. As of 1900, about 18 percent, or nearly one…
Colorado is not immune to anti-vaccine sentiment
The Texas measles outbreak has drawn renewed attention to declining vaccination rates nationwide, and Coloradans should be among the most concerned. With…
CDPHE: Check your measles vaccine status ahead of spring break
With measles cases rising nationwide and spring break travel approaching, Colorado health officials recommend people check their vaccination status ahead…
Colorado officials encourage measles vaccination as cases elsewhere in the U.S. surge
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is urging Coloradans to protect themselves with the measles, mumps, and…
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a…
A child who wasn’t vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas, state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S….