The DTaP vaccine protects little ones from three serious diseases that can be especially harmful to babies. Your child will get the first in this series of shots starting at 2 months old. Learn more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There has been licensure recently of two combination vaccines for use in pediatrics. Although combinations of ...

Why I’m worried it’s not just croup Children who missed three doses of DTaP were almost 19 times more likely to develop pertussis than those who were appropriately vaccinated. Missing some doses of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Besides the numerous vaccine products, the possibility of confusing many drug products is even greater, as the ...

In 2021, the global immunization rate continued to drop, leaving 25 Mn babies without access to potentially life-saving vaccines. The percentage of newborns who received three doses of the DTP3 ...

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes honored 80 graduates of his Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison (DTAP) program in the ceremonial courtroom of Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn. Denise ...

An increase in pertussis incidence has led researchers to question the durability of acellular pertussis vaccines. Though considered safer than the whole cell pertussis vaccine, a new study published ...

SEATTLE--A red splotch forms where most preschoolers get their fifth, and last, shot of the acellular diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, and it can last a few days. Neither of two common ...

Children who receive their DTaP vaccination in the thigh rather than the arm are less likely to have a bad reaction at the site of the shot, a new report shows. In a study that looked at data from 1.4 ...

Diphtheria was a common cause of death among children in the United States in the 1920s. A vaccine was introduced in the 1940s, and the illness has now been almost completely eradicated in the U.S.