What the shingles vaccine does is it dampens reactivations of latent viruses in a way that may be protecting other parts of your body,” Martin said. Including, it seems, the brain. The measles, mumps ...

What families should know if they're traveling with small children who are too young to get their MMR immunizations.

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Titer tests are what's used "to help you determine if you currently have immunity to certain diseases due to past infection or vaccination,” says Dr. Alison Mitzner, a New York board-certified ...

Ticks and the diseases they carry are only becoming more common. But new treatments and vaccines might not be too far off.

A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. This game-changing technology, called mEM, condenses ...

Some mosquitoes in New Jersey carry diseases, including the West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis and Jamestown Canyon virus.

Kennedy selected a new team of medical professionals and scientists who are looking at vaccines are highly qualified.

The Food and Drug Administration July 10 approved Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 with at least one ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved "Spikevax," Moderna's vaccine for children aged 6 months to 11 years old. The ...