A new children’s book introduces kids to the “wonderful world of illness”.

Flu vaccines are directly linked to about a dozen cases of paralysis and brain damage each year.

The EU agency studied the effects of the Pandemrix vaccine on children in eight European countries after Sweden and Finland reported higher incidences of narcolepsy among children who were inoculated with the vaccine.

Urgent Call to Sea Shepherd Supporters – Help Save Captain Watson from Extradition to Costa Rica!

New York State demands she surrender names of all clients.

Bird flu may be far less lethal to people than the World Health Organization’s assessment of a death rate topping 50 percent, scientists said on Thursday in a finding that adds fuel to the heated controversy over publication of bird flu research.

Hooper is just one of the hundreds of Oudtshoorn farmers facing tough times after the H5N2 virus was first detected in the region in April.

“Bioterror is not the biggest threat from bird flu”.

Non-vaccinated kids do not pose significant health and legal risks.

Scientists say they want to better understand how virus might trigger global pandemic.

Bio-safety regulations risk deadly pathogen release from laboratories.

A bill making its way through the New Jersey legislature would require health care facilities to give their workers flu vaccines.

Doctors in Mumbai, India, reported seeing group of patients last month infected with ‘totally drug-resistant’ tuberculosis.

One-on-one interview with flu lead researcher Ron Fouchier.

New varieties emerge when virus-carrying birds change migration path.

Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of the bird flu virus have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab.

To censor or not to censor is not the question, when it comes to publishing the details of what could be the deadliest flu virus known to man. What is a matter of debate is who the censor should be – and many oppose America’s monopoly in the field.

As we begin the New Year it appears that another vaccine tragedy is unfolding. Many of us are aware that the year 2011 closed with blood on its hands after a baby girl died just hours after the pentavalent vaccine was introduced into India. What has been less publicized however, is that due to a [...]

A normally happy and healthy girl, who had no previous history of chronic health problems or adverse reactions to vaccines, turned blue, stopped breathing and died in her mother’s arms.

Authorities insist that the chances of further bird flu infections are minimal.

A man who had been diagnosed with China’s first case of bird flu in more than a year has died in the southern city of Shenzhen, health officials say.

You can legally avoid vaccinations with the help of the people around you.

World Health Organization releases statement on lab-developed H5N1.

Scientists agreed not to publish certain details of research showing how lethal bird flu can be made contagious after a U.S. biosecurity panel asked that it be kept secret for security reasons.

A large group of U.S. doctors on Monday gave the green light for pediatricians to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots themselves.

A U.S. scientific advisory board on Tuesday asked two scientific journals to leave out data from research studies on a lab-made version of bird flu that could spread more easily to humans, fearing it could be used as a potential weapon.

Fear of terrorism as university prepares to publish key details.

Dr. Alvarez advices on how to alleviate symptoms of allergies on your Christmas tree.

Results from a new study have suggested that an oral flu vaccine may be more effective than traditional shots in prevention of the seasonal flu.

Hallmark, the greeting card, teams up with government agencies to push immunization on babies.