Shingrix is delivered in two doses two to six months apart. There are four vaccines available for tetanus, including one for tetanus only (tetanus toxoid, or TT), one for tetanus and diphtheria (Td), ...

Influenza test positivity rates continued to climb at Allina hospitals in Minnesota, according to data released Tuesday. The influenza positive test rate was 39.9% for the week ending Jan. 11, a 9.4% ...

RSV, walking pneumonia and norovirus among them — is one that you may not have heard of for a while, or perhaps had assumed ...

A single injection of Nirsevimab is all that is needed to protect infants through the entire syncytial virus risk period – ...

The North Idaho health provider says it has seen a record number of Pertussis cases and urges people to get vaccinated to ...

Whooping cough is annoying, but tolerable, for most adults. But for infants, the disease can be serious, even deadly.

California is experiencing an increase in cases of whooping cough (also known as pertussis), a highly contagious bacterial ...

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota says, symptoms usually begin like a cold, with a runny nose, fever, and cough, but ...

People can still pass on norovirus for two weeks after getting infected. Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in Wisconsin, according to Brown County Public Health. The most ...

With the coming of a new year—and a new administration—there have been unsettling indications that some long-standing public health policies and evidence-based healthcare recommendations may be ...

Among the various contagious diseases currently spreading, including RSV, walking pneumonia, and norovirus, there is one that may not be on your radar or that you might have thought was a thing of the ...

Three of these vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis ... mode of transmission, symptoms, and complications. As a result of the many additions and multiple doses required for most vaccines ...