Eskwela,” by the Department of Health and Department of Education, is set to kick off on Monday, October 7, at the Dr.

Meanwhile, the Indian Ministry of Health recommends getting your toddler shots for Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT), booster-1, MR 2nd dose, OPV Booster and JE-2. The CDC supports these ...

Children who miss out on a complete dose of vaccines or remain unvaccinated are more susceptible to disease like hepatitis, tuberculosis, whooping cough, and diphtheria among others. Vaccines ...

The number of vaccine exemptions reported among U.S. kindergarteners reached another record high during the 2023-2024 ...

Among military children, there has been an improvement in vaccine completion and timeliness, but the risk for noncompletion is higher among children born to you ...

In yet another sign that childhood vaccinations can't be taken for granted, new government data shows that a record number of ...

The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is calling on parents to allow their children to get vaccinated for ...

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's health ministry said on Friday that cases of malaria and diphtheria had been registered in the country's south. All the reported cases are among expatriates who entered ...

At a news conference in Abuja yesterday, DirectorGeneral Jide Idris said Lassa fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, yellow fever and diphtheria have killed 693 people since the beginning of the year. A ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded about 12,085 suspected cases of diphtheria infections as of September 11, 2024. The NCDC, however, said that out of the suspected ...

The first pertussis vaccine was licensed in 1914 in the U.S. Subsequently, a combination shot containing a vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, was introduced in the 1940s. A large-scale ...

Nigeria's recent diphtheria outbreak claimed over 600 lives, with over 13,000 confirmed cases recorded across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The hardest-hit states were Kano ...