Mercury-Containing Vaccines May Help Not Harm Kids
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NEW YORK  - There have been widespread  concerns that mercury-based preservatives used in vaccines  might impair the neurological development of children, but the  opposite seems to be true.
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NEW YORK  - Estimates show that vaccinating fewer than 50 children who are 5 years old or younger against the flu prevents one flu-related visit to the doctor's office or emergency room, according to a new report.
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There have been widespread concerns that mercury-based preservatives used in vaccines might impair the neurological development of children, but the opposite seems to be true.
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Mercury from vaccines seems to disappear rapidly from the blood, returning to pre-vaccination levels in one month, according to a small study of children in Argentina.
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A pioneering vaccine can protect a  significant proportion of African children against malaria,  scientists said on Thursday, boosting hopes that the  mosquito-borne disease may one day be conquered.
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Federal health officials want to know if a government report reasonably concludes that silver dental fillings aren't dangerous even though they expose patients to toxic mercury.
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A new version of the nasal spray vaccine FluMist is better at preventing influenza than traditional flu shots in older babies and children, according to a study sponsored by its maker, MedImmune.
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Researchers are urging the US Food and Drug Administration to lower the mercury level in commercial fish. In a study on canned fish published in this month&#39;s Journal of Food Science
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A vaccine that has dramatically curbed pneumonia and other serious illnesses in children is having an unfortunate effect: promoting new superbugs that cause ear infections
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A new version of the nasal spray vaccine  FluMist is better at preventing influenza than traditional flu  shots in older babies and children, according to a study  sponsored by its maker, MedImmune.
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A developing shortage of vaccine against childhood meningitis is expected to inconvenience some pediatricians and parents, but should not become a public health threat, officials said.
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No evidence to link MMR vaccination to autism in children, according to a major new study
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A UK study of more than 5,000 children rules out any link between the MMR vaccine and autism, say researchers.
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Even as researchers report once again that there is no link between vaccines and the way kids develop, parents of children with autism continue to press their cases against drugmakers. A coming wave of lawsuits?
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In a clinical trial involving more than 2,000 children under the age of five, a potential malaria vaccine was shown to be safe and well tolerated by the children&#39;s immune system for up to six months.
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A new vaccine against rotavirus, the diarrheal infection that kills millions of children worldwide, does not appear to raise the risk of serious bowel blockages that caused a previous vaccine to be pulled from the market five years ago, doctors reported
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Scientist chairing panel assessing risks to children from food additives denies conflict of interest.