The ministry has affirmed that vaccines administered in the country are safe. It said that 18 of the cases investigated were ...

Health DG, Dr Patrick Amoth, said Polio can be prevented by receiving the Oral Polio Vaccine and the Inactivated Polio ...

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and herpes zoster." However, Amoth clarified that despite reactions in all 23 cases, only four were directly related to the ...

The Health Director General, Dr. Patrick Amoth, has confirmed the tragic deaths of two children following adverse reactions ...

And the risk of this happening increases with age (especially after 50 years), a compromised immune system (e.g. in HIV and ...

Just like our memory and reflexes, the ageing of our immune system can not only cause it to forget how to react to certain ...

A NEW strain of the mpox virus has been detected in the UK, and now an expert has warned not to confuse the symptoms with ...

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston promised on Tuesday that his government would introduce free shingles vaccines ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

The vaccine protects against a condition called herpes zoster, more commonly known as shingles. The infection causes a ...