More than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York, many of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, have been sickened with mumps since August, health authorities said Monday.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on a court ruling that finds no link between vaccines and autism.
A special court ruled Thursday that evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not prove a link between autism and certain early childhood vaccines.
Parents are opting out of shots for their kids. What the science says about the risks--and what you should do
Three months before she gave birth last year, Diana Simpson, a dental hygienist in Davison, Michigan, started coughing uncontrollably. The pain in her throat and chest was unbearable.
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
Once again, it seems the only thing we in the media love more than building up athletes is tearing them down.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends children be immunized to protect them from dangerous childhood diseases.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- It has become perhaps the most unexpected rivalry in the western hemisphere. This was originally supposed to be a piece dedicated to the achievements of Sport Club Internacional, the reigning Copa Libertadores champion. But what I witnessed here last Wednesday changed my mind.
Uruguay's Nacional overcame a outbreak of mumps in their team to knock defending champions Boca Juniors out of the Copa Sudamericana.
Federal health officials said Friday they are looking into whether air travel is spreading mumps through the Midwest.
Shareholders of the troubled vaccine maker Chiron face a crucial vote in the next few days: Sell out to Novartis, or reject the drug maker's merger bid and continue to go it alone.
Chiron Corp. said Thursday that is recalling its Morupar vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella.
One of the less happy facts of filmmaking is that some really strong music can be overlooked because it's created for a film that doesn't knock over the box office. Or even slash a big "Z" on the concession stand.
President Bush, in a speech Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health, said the United States must be prepared to detect bird flu outbreaks anywhere in the world, stockpile vaccines and anti-viral drugs and be ready to respond at the federal, state and local levels in the event a pandemic reaches the United States.
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