Vaccinations

The St. Louis Department of Health and Division of Corrections are vaccinating 800 people at the city’s two jails to prevent a national hepatitis A…

Vaccinations not only protect your health, they protect the health of the community by slowing or stopping the spread of illness. But Missouri now has...

Dr. Ken Haller regularly finds himself assuring parents that childhood vaccines are safe. He tries to do so with empathy, because along with having…

The St. Louis Department of Health is urging people to receive a measles shot before the busy summer travel season begins.The U.S. largely eradicated…

Researchers at St. Louis University are recruiting volunteers to test a new vaccination for avian influenza.The vaccination targets the H7N9 strain, which…

When it comes to vaccinating adolescents, Missouri ranks among the worst in the nation.The report from the nonprofit United Health Foundation ranks…

Human immunity – a field of study at the center of Michael Kinch’s career – is a dense subject. But in his new book “Between Hope and Fear: A History of…

Measles have not yet reached the St. Louis area but, in an effort to thwart an outbreak, area clinics are reaching out to a group of parents whose…

Rumors of a link between autism and the measles vaccine persist, although the original paper that claimed the link, as well as its author, have been…

The measles vaccine is safe and effective, pediatrician Ken Haller said; there’s no reason not to get it.“This virus is very tenacious,” Haller told “St.…