vaccine shots

Sebelius: Swine flu shots may start early October

Headlines from the Associated Press  Sun, 09/13/2009 - 07:38

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's health secretary says Americans could begin receiving swine flu vaccine shots as early as the first week of October - which is sooner than expected....


 

Mumps Shots Didn't Fully Protect in 2006

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 15:09

Most of the college students who got the mumps in a big outbreak in 2006 had received the recommended two vaccine shots, according to a study that raises questions about whether a new vaccine or another booster shot is needed.

The outbreak was the biggest in the U.S. since shortly before states began requiring a second shot for youngsters in 1990....