vaccines

The reason there is no universal flu vaccine is because the influenza virus constantly changes.

Measles, which still kills about 90,000 people around the world every year, isn't the only microbe making a comeback.

The anti-vaccine movement is not limited just to the United States. Anti-vaxxers are influential in Europe, and the results have been entirely predictable: Europe is in the grip of a measles outbreak.

Rotavirus infection is a very contagious, resulting in gastroenteritis, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea — sometimes severe enough to cause life-threatening dehydration.

It's a shocking number. Last year, nearly 90,000 people around the world died from measles.

It's been one of those days where the truth is stranger than fiction.

As ACSH's Ana Dolaskie approaches the final weeks of pregnancy, she is making sure all her vaccinations are up-to-date. This includes the TDAP vaccine (Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis) and influenza shot.

By Rebecca Chisholm, University of Melbourne and

It's impossible to keep up with every "alternative fact" or crazy conspiracy theory on the Internet. By the time a lie has circled the globe, the Truth has just put its shoes on1.

There have been a few images in the news in the past few years that have made tears roll down my face as soon as I saw them. I don't have even to say what they were - you know already.