Nigeria’s struggle with vaccine-preventable diseases is not a new phenomenon. For decades, infectious diseases such as measles, polio, and tuberculosis have ravaged communities, leaving behind a trail ...

Elizabeth Marnik disagrees with her mother's decision not to get her vaccinated, but has come to understand why she made it.

Mounting vaccine complacency is also a danger. With the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases, so too were the memory ...

The DTaP vaccine protects your child against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough). "This vaccine helps prevent ...

Even a mild case of measles can lead to ‘immune amnesia,’ lowering the body’s ability to fight off other illnesses.

At a time when Canadians are bonding together to fight the tariff threat from the U.S., it would be wonderful if we could ...

It is a scientific fact that the protection conferred on children following primary vaccination in early infancy wanes with time, thus predisposing them to natural infections, without booster ...

Nigeria has recorded 23 new cases of diphtheria during the 10th epidemiological week of 2025, with Lagos State topping the ...

ShareThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ...

A late January blizzard had dumped up to 4 feet of snow in some parts of the Northeast. In Alaska, a diphtheria outbreak threatened the remote town of Nome. The ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has revealed that diphtheria has claimed 1,319 lives across the ...