Given the nature of their work, students engaged in health professional training programs could have a higher risk of contracting Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Varicella, Tuberculosis, ...

Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) are infectious bacterial diseases. Without treatment, they can lead to severe complications and may be fatal. The Tdap vaccine protects against all three ...

Vaccines are a safe and highly effective way to protect people against disease. Tdap and DTaP are two common vaccines. They’re combination vaccines, which means they contain more than one vaccine in ...

All new regularly admitted undergraduate and graduate students will be required to submit a Certificate of Immunization prior to attending classes. Students who have previously attended a state public ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to conserve shots of a kind of tetanus vaccine, as the agency braces for a potential shortage of those shots this year. Doctors should ...

A booster vaccine for whooping cough, which many states require for middle school-aged children, does not provide long-lasting protection, a study finds. The Tdap booster is meant to protect against ...