Medical Research

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tetanus is a disease of the nervous system that causes tightening of muscles all over the body. There are vaccines for tetanus...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends flu shots for everyone over the age of six months unless the patient has an allergy to eggs or has had a severe allergic reaction to...

Some formulations of the H1N1 vaccine contain a preservative called thimerosal, which is up to 50% mercury. In order to avoid being given mercury in a swine flu shot, you need to educate yourself...

Rabipur is a vaccine that is used to prevent rabies infection and to treat individuals who are infected. Use of this vaccine could result in the occurrence of a number of mild to severe effects.

The influenza virus, more commonly known as the flu, affects thousands of people every year. Symptoms can range from a runny nose and slight fever to a fatal illness. According to Time Magazine,...

Polio epidemics have crippled and killed people---mostly children---since before recorded history. At its worst---paralytic polio---the virus enters the central nervous system and can lead to...

Gardasil is manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Merck, and is the first-ever vaccine against cancer. Gardasil prevents cervical cancer in women by building immunity against the human...

Influenza, most commonly known as the flu, can be particularly dangerous for the elderly, people suffering from an immune deficiency or young children. The flu vaccine, which immunizes people...