Pertussis (whooping cough) is one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths worldwide, and its prevalence in the community is underestimated.

A pair of researchers has answered a puzzle about why efforts to lower the transmission of dengue virus in Thailand have not resulted in decreases in the severe, life-threatening, form of the infection. In fact, it seems to have had just the opposite effect.

Researchers in Washington and Oregon report an advance toward developing much-needed new drugs and vaccines for monkeypox.

The new Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children’s Hospital announced that it will implement the nation’s first major “cocoon strategy” vaccination program to protect newborn infants from the life-threatening infection pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough.

A team of Iowa State University researchers is examining a new vaccine method that may change the way we get vaccinations.

Merck and Co., Inc. ("Merck") has initiated a voluntary recall of two Hib vaccines. "Hib" is a vaccine that protects against a bacteria that causes meningitis, and is routinely administered to children. The Iowa Department of Public Health would like Iowans to be aware of three key points regarding this recall:

A new study suggests that a vaccine targeting Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may prevent infectious mononucleosis, commonly known as “mono” or “glandular fever.” The study is published in the December 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online.

The only realistic way of preventing deaths and severe complications arising from chickenpox is to routinely vaccinate children against the disease, concludes research published ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Canadians would welcome a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) if it were introduced at no charge, a Quebec, Canada survey suggests. Research published in the open access online journal BMC Public Health shows that 91% of young women (18-25 year-olds) would agree to vaccination, and that 89% of men and women would recommend it to their daughters or nieces

Researchers have found that vaccination against influenza strains seems to be more effective in a semi-urban population than in a rural population of schoolchildren in Gabon, Africa, according to an article in the Dec. 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study suggests that infection with parasites and/or poor nutrition may have an impact on the effectiveness of influenza vaccine.

Researchers have found that vaccination against influenza strains seem to be more effective in a semi-urban population than in a rural population of schoolchildren in Gabon, Africa, according to an article in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, published by the University of Chicago Press in partnership with the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

The American College of Physicians (ACP), with membership of 124,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students, endorses the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) adult immunization schedule for 2007-2008 and publishes the recommendations on the Web site of its flagship journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, on October 18. This is the first time the journal has published the recommendations.