Measles exposure can cause preterm birth or pregnancy loss, and women can't get the vaccine during pregnancy. In this Your Pregnancy Matters article, UT Southwestern discusses how updated measles guidelines might help women reduce their risk. Read more.
With the Abrysvo RSV vaccine, babies benefit most when moms get vaccinated at 32-36 weeks of pregnancy, in September to January. See the benefits for babies.
Whooping cough cases are rising worldwide, and this highly infectious bacterial infection can be fatal for infants. UT Southwestern discusses 3 key facts about whooping cough and how to reduce the risks at home and in your community.
Along with the annual flu shot, a new COVID booster and RSV vaccine are available this fall. UT Southwestern explains who might qualify for these vaccines and when they should get them.
RSV can cause severe illness in premature babies and infants younger than 6 months. UT Southwestern recommends simple tips to help protect little ones from the virus.
How to decide if and when you should get the new COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, which targets the main Omicron subvariants. A UT Southwestern expert explains.
The CDC recommended a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people 50 and over, but many people are wondering if they need it with case counts remaining low. Two UT Southwestern Infectious Diseases experts weigh in.
Omicron, the highly transmissible COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa, is coming to the U.S. Here's what you need to know, from UT Southwestern.
Unvaccinated people are more likely to get COVID-19 and be hospitalized for it. Anthony Darrell didn’t think it could happen to him – even though his sister, a doctor at UT Southwestern, urged him to get the shot.
The increased focus on breakthrough infections, which remain rare and mostly mild, is obscuring the fact that vaccine hesitancy and resistance to mask wearing in public continues to fuel the pandemic.
