The 2026-27 school year will start soon in New Jersey, and parents will need to make sure their child is vaccinated before ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been a continuous and major cause of morbidity and mortality in babies and older people ...

Tetanus can cause painful muscle spasms so severe it has been called the “grinning death” because, if not treated, it can lock the jaw shut and pull the face into a potentially life-threatening, ...

Tetanus may sound like a disease from another era, but experts are warning that it remains a serious threat. Two recent reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found hundreds of ...

Tetanus is probably not something you think about a whole lot. That’s because, thanks to the vaccine, infections are largely preventable. And, we’re talking very preventable. Since 2010, there have ...

The success of vaccination strategies, particularly against infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), largely depends on selecting the appropriate age for ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

For the first time, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has released its own recommendations for maternal vaccination, providing formal guidance that diverges from that of the ...

Against this backdrop, MIT’s Simon Johnson sat down with fellow Nobel laureate economist Philippe Aghion to examine what ails Europe and how to revive its dynamism. Their conversation addresses the ...

In the classic tale of tetanus, a farmworker steps on an old barn nail and develops the bacterial disease. Most Americans don’t work on farms these days, so it’s easy for people to dismiss the illness ...