(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, the Detroit Public Schools Community District confirmed there were cases of Haemophilus influenzae in students at Marcus Garvey ...

Hib usually affects children under the age of five years, but it can also cause illness in adults with certain medical conditions. Before the introduction of routine Hib immunization, Hib was the most ...

The Detroit Health Department has confirmed four cases of a bacterial infection at a Detroit school that closed temporarily last week because of an increase in illnesses among an undisclosed number of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The disease burden and the age group of children most affected by Haemophilus influenzae remain controversial particularly in many countries ...

Haemophilus influenza type b, also called Hib, is a bacterial disease that causes meningitis and other health complications. The Hib vaccine is recommended for infants. Who gets it? Hib disease is ...

Childhood deaths from two leading bacterial causes of pneumonia and meningitis, pneumococcus and Hib, declined sharply during the period 2000 to 2015, especially as vaccines against these pathogens ...

In the United States, the Hib vaccine is recommended for all children younger than 5 years old. It offers the best protection against Hib, which is short for a bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae ...

Scientists have identified two proteins that could be used for a potential vaccine against nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). Working in a mouse model, the investigators found that ...

The oldest known case of the disease was found in a 6-year-old boy who died around the year 550 Unsurprisingly, the boy’s tooth also contained genetic remains of Y. pestis. He probably contracted the ...