by ivaccinate | Jun 18, 2017 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
More than 60 years ago at the University of Michigan, Dr. Jonas Salk unveiled the first effective vaccine to combat polio. Three years prior to the announcement, polio had afflicted 58,000 individuals. Infections plummeted with the availability and administration of...
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 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
Vaccination is one of the best ways parents can protect infants, children, and teens from 16 potentially harmful diseases. Vaccine-preventable diseases can be very serious, may require hospitalization, or even be deadly — especially in infants and young children....
by ivaccinate | May 23, 2017 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
LANSING — Michigan, with vaccination rates that put it near the bottom of a list of all states, has launched a new campaign — I Vaccinate — that it hopes will boost rates up to 90 percent. Currently, 67.6 percent of Michigan children aged 19 to 35 months have received...
by ivaccinate | May 23, 2017 | Michigan News, Studies & Research
Across much of the state, more kindergarten students were enrolled with all required vaccinations after the state made it more difficult beginning in 2015 to get a waiver from immunizations. Overall, the waiver rate fell by nearly a third from 2014 to 2016. Click on a...
