Vaccines

WebMD talks to CDC medical officer Lisa Grohskopf, MD, about flu vaccines for children.

WebMD talks with experts from the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics about alternative vaccine schedules for infants.

For parents, childhood vaccines are a source of reassurance -- protecting your child against disease naturally helps you sleep better at night -- but also anxiety about side effects and reactions.

WebMD gives tips for helping a child who is afraid of getting a shot. Learn how parents can make the vaccine process go smoothly.

WebMD looks at why whooping cough rates are rising despite a new vaccine.

Many parents worry about giving their teens this new vaccine. Here's why our medical expert recommends it.

Actress and mother Amanda Peet has learned from personal experience that immunizations are crucial.

WebMD discusses the arguments for and against HPV vaccination and explains the risks and benefits associated with it.

A young survivor of meningitis is now active in a campaign to raise awareness of the meningitis vaccine.

WebMD investigates the whooping cough outbreak in California and other states.

Does the private right of parents to not vaccinate their kids trump the greater public good?

Vaccines have proved so successful in eliminating their target diseases that some parents of school-aged children have gotten a bit lax about completing the complicated battery of injections.

The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that each year up to 50,000 children and adults are hospitalized because of the virus, and that 20 to 40 people die from it.