Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States ...

Dr. Leana Wen: Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster ... possible link between the vaccine and lowering dementia risk. The design of this one is ...

Measles kills between 1 and 3 out of every 1,000 children infected with the viral disease. But even for those who survive the illness, the long-term consequences of measles can be serious. Long ...

The chickenpox vaccine has made it much rarer. But people still catch it every year. On the other hand, your odds of getting smallpox are close to zero. Thanks to the smallpox vaccine, this ...

Michigan and other states are seeing new measles cases and experts urge vaccination to prevent the spread. Amid the recent measles outbreaks in the U.S., including five cases in Michigan ...

Is Shingles Contagious? If you have shingles, others who have not previously had chickenpox or received the chickenpox vaccine can be affected. The virus can be transmitted by direct contact with the ...

Leveraging structural biology-based design, we engineered the RSV pre-F protein and validated the potential of IIC self-splicing introns as a vaccine platform for preventing ... with PBS - T and ...

One dose is 93% effective against the illness. The first dose of the vaccine, or the similar measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox) vaccine is typically is given at age 12 months to ...

In Australia, children are routinely vaccinated against the measles virus at 12 months of age (along with mumps and rubella), and again at 18 months (in combination with the chickenpox vaccine).

the virus that causes both shingles and chickenpox can be passed to someone who has never had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine. This includes nursing babies who may come into contact with fluid ...