by ivaccinate | Jun 5, 2017 | National News, Studies & Research
OWA CITY, Iowa (KWQC) – The University of Iowa is one of three sites in the United States that will be enrolling participants for a clinical trial of an experimental vaccine for a debilitating inflammatory virus called chikungunya. Researchers will enroll...
by ivaccinate | May 31, 2017 | National News, Studies & Research
Traveling abroad for a holiday can be fun, but if you come back sick, or even worse, spread it around back at home, it won’t be a happy story. Not getting the right vaccinations when you are going outside the country can be a source of trouble. According to a...
by ivaccinate | May 25, 2017 | National News
Health officials are grappling with the largest outbreak of measles in Minnesota in almost 30 years, which is mainly sickening young children of Somali immigrants who fell under the sway of anti-vaccination activists. The state has reported 44 confirmed cases of...
by ivaccinate | May 22, 2017 | National News, Studies & Research
In Marshall County, Kan., just south of the Nebraska border, public health officials are eagerly awaiting the last day of school on Thursday. Over the past three months, the county has taken the lead in Kansas mumps cases, with 29 confirmed illnesses that have mostly...
by ivaccinate | May 21, 2017 | National News
Dr. John Fernald of Rainbow Pediatrics believes in childhood vaccinations against once-deadly diseases like polio and other common illnesses like chicken pox, measles and mumps. Fernald administers 200 vaccines in a typical week at his pediatric practice in Beckley....
by ivaccinate | May 17, 2017 | National News
You might have heard recently that Minnesota is experiencing an ongoing outbreak of measles cases in mostly unvaccinated children. The Minnesota Department of Health reported last week that there have been 51 cases, only two of which have had adequate immunization...
