More Parents Vaccinating Their Toddlers

Federal health officials recently announced that U.S. toddlers got the recommended vaccinations against childhood diseases at record levels in 2007.
The findings based on data from 17,017 children:

A record 77.4% of children in this age group received the full recommended series of vaccinations
99% of children got all but one of the six individual vaccines in [...]

Are Your Kids Vaccinations Up To Date?

In a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers say that more than a quarter of American children are not meeting the U.S. government’s recommendations for childhood vaccinations.
Looking at children between 18 months and their 3rd birthday, the CDC researchers found that 28 percent did not meet vaccination recommendations. The results [...]

RECALL: 1.2 Million Doses of Infant Hib Vaccine for Contamination Risks

More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as 2 months were being recalled Wednesday because of contamination risks, but the top U.S. health official said it was not a health threat.The recall is for 1.2 million doses of the vaccine for Hib, which protects against meningitis, pneumonia and [...]

Super Ear Infection Resists Approved Drugs

A new super bug that causes acute ear infections in children has emerged that is immune to all antibiotics currently approved for children.
The strain of highly drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae requires aggressive therapy, either surgery or an antibiotic not approved for children that has caused joint damage in young animals.
So far, the bug appears to be [...]

Update: Child Recovering From Vaccine Infection

In March I reported on a boy and his mother who had contacted a rare and life-threatening infection from his soldier father’s smallpox vaccination.
Foxnews is reporting that the 2-year-old Indiana boy is recovering and should be upgraded to serious from critical condition soon.

Doctors have relied on some untested measures to save [...]

Toddler and Mother Get Rare Infection

A two-year-old boy and his mother have contracted a rare, life-threatening infection from his soldier father’s smallpox vaccination, according to a published report.
The boy developed a virulent rash over 80 per cent of his body earlier this month after coming in contact with his father, who had been vaccinated before he was to be deployed [...]