Dtp vaccine: too early - Two studies on the diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis vaccine found that introducing it too early or with other vaccines can decrease its effectiveness. ....

Vaccine news: mmr and dtp - Incidents of meningitis linked to the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine in Japan are far higher than first thought, affecting around one in 1044 v...

Vaccine update: hiv, polio, flu - Three vaccines against HIV infection are to be tested on children in the US. Ninety healthy HIV infected children aged between 1 month and 12 years a...

Killed polio jabs: new delays - America's top health officials have delayed the introduction of the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) even though they know that the live version i...

Polio: no protection - People vaccinated against polio nevertheless may not be adequately protected against a certain strain of the virus. During a major outbreak of hepati...

Vaccine doubts raised after polio outbreak - A study of a l988 polio outbreak in Israel has divided experts on the efficacy of current vaccination programmes and left the rest of us more confused...

Polio among vaccinated - Analysis of one of the largest outbreaks of polio since the advent of the vaccine shows that it occurred in an area with supposedly excellent vaccine...

Polio vaccine may cause rise in cancer risk - A new report by the Institute of Medicine’s Immunisation Safety Review Committee has reviewed studies into the carcinogenic potential of SV40-contamin...