Florida vaccine debate: explaining chickenpox, Hep B, Hib and pneumococcus shots
MIAMI – Florida's surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan targets four specific vaccines.
Dec 19, 2025
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Bacteria: News and Research on Pasteurellaceae
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Opening the door to a vaccine for multiple childhood infections
A vaccine that tackles the bacteria that cause up to 200 million childhood infections every year could be possible, experts say.
Oct 31, 2025
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I'm a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety. Here's some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast doubt on their safety and on the objectivity ...
Jun 26, 2025
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Bacteria in your mouth may hold clues to your brain health and dementia risk
Could the bacteria in your mouth predict whether you are at risk of dementia? Emerging research suggests that the bacteria living on your tongue and gums may affect how the brain works and how it changes as we age. In turn, ...
Feb 5, 2025
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Shedding light on how oral bacteria can aggravate rheumatoid arthritis
Periodontal disease, which affects the gums and tissues that surround the teeth, is one of the most prevalent dental conditions worldwide. Most often caused by the formation and accumulation of bacterial biofilm around the ...
Sep 5, 2024
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Saliva indicates severity of recurrent respiratory infections in children
A saliva test can more accurately indicate the severity of recurrent respiratory infections in children than the standard blood test. If saliva contains too few broadly protective antibodies, a child is more likely to suffer ...
Aug 8, 2024
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New understanding of the gut immune system may hold promise for Crohn's disease patients
Tricks played by certain disease-driving gut bacteria might help explain differences in how patients experience Crohn's disease (CD)—a severe and painful chronic inflammatory bowel disease. A new study by researchers from ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Bacteria at day care might raise kids' odds for asthma
Certain combinations of bacteria found in dust in children's day care settings may have an impact on their young lungs.
Sep 12, 2023
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Pandemic may have changed the gut bacteria of infants, research finds
Infants who spent most of their first year in the pandemic have fewer types of bacteria in their gut than infants born earlier, according to a team of developmental psychology researchers.
Aug 31, 2023
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COVID-19 measures found to also reduce life-threatening invasive bacterial infections
Containment measures introduced to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 resulted in a sustained reduction in the transmission of certain bacteria that cause diseases such as meningitis, sepsis and pneumonia, according to a new ...
Jul 28, 2023
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