Vaccinations

Baby Francesca was just 12 weeks old when she came down with a cough. Nine days later, she died of pertussis, better known as whooping cough.Now, her…

Michigan wants college students to go back to school with more than just textbooks.State health officials are urging college students to make sure they…

Many physicians and public health scientists view vaccination as the greatest development in modern medicine.And yet, doctors like Phoebe Day Danziger and…

Chicken pox cases are up nearly 60% from this time last year, state health officials say.The majority of those 239 cases were people who hadn’t been…

A suspected case of mumps has been reported at Calvin College near Grand Rapids.As of Tuesday morning, the school was still waiting on lab results to…

Blame "antigenic drift" for the failure of last year's flu vaccine to offer a robust protection against the illness.The Centers for Disease Control says a…

Christina Karpinski is getting a little worried.She's the immunizations coordinator for Washtenaw County, and she knows there are hundreds of families out…

Back-to-school events are taking place around Michigan this week.Thousands turned out at an event in Lansing today. Along with school supplies and back…

This is the first new school year that parents have to attend vaccination education sessions at their county health department, if they want a vaccination…

The clock is ticking for parents who waited to get their children vaccinated, or who haven't yet acquired a waiver from vaccines.A new state policy…