To stop the spread of an infectious disease like measles, you don’t have to vaccinate everyone. But you do have to vaccinate ...

Although we currently have no cases of measles in North Carolina, the increase in cases across the nation and the world means ...

Cellular immunity is a protective immune process that involves the activation of phagocytes, antigen-sensitized cytotoxic T cells and the release of cytokines and chemokines in response to antigen.

But vaccination rates have since fallen, and just 80% of those in the Texas county where the outbreak began were inoculated against measles, well below the 95% needed for so-called herd immunity. Dr.

But vaccination rates have since fallen, and just 80% of those in the Texas county where the outbreak began were inoculated against measles, well below the 95% needed for so-called herd immunity.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When epidemiologist Sophia Newcomer tries to evaluate how well Montana might be able to ...

Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) addressed some public misconceptions on March 20 about dangerous and mis-guided efforts to achieve herd immunity to squelch the ongoing measles outbreak in and ar ...

At least 95 percent of residents must be vaccinated against measles to achieve herd immunity for the highly contagious disease, according to Clark County Public Health Director Dr. Alan Melnick.

who wanted to let Covid “spread unchecked to encourage herd immunity.” We seem to have collectively forgotten Covid’s horrors, said Kate Cohen in The Washington Post. This virus killed at ...

In light of families travelling over spring break, Vancouver Coastal Health is reminding students to ensure they’re up to date on their vaccinations—in particular, measles and pertussis, also ...