Vaccine safety monitoring in the US is a multilayered process that combines passive and active functions, as well as expert ...

As we’ve learned, vulnerable populations may have an underdeveloped or weakened immune system, whether due to age, disease or immunosuppressive treatment, and may be significantly more susceptible to ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is recommending a new immunization shot for newborns and infants under eight months old this fall to help prevent them from catching RSV, or respiratory syncytial ...

In the 1880's and 1890's, Robert Koch established that a different microbe causes each infectious disease. Koch defined a process by which a specific causative organism could be identified by ...

Michael Petrosky, MD, of Allegheny Health Network, spoke about the difference between vaccines and monoclonal antibodies and how they can affect treatment in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). When ...