The United Nations health agency has appealed for $28 million to fund a six-month action plan to help survivors of this month's catastrophic cyclone in Myanmar.

The plan is designed for the areas most affected by Cyclone Nargis earlier this month - the Ayeyarwady Delta region and the country's biggest city, Yangon- with a particular focus on people living in temporary shelters and relocations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a press statement

Around 5,000 families who believe that a mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, found in many vaccines causes the development of autism have filed claims with the U.S. Court of Claims. The families allege vaccines caused autism and other neurological problems in their children.

Autism is a developmental disability which usually appears in children during their first 36 months. Once an uncommon disorder in the United States, the incidence of autism is now occurring at epidemic rates

The U.S. will soon have the largest measles outbreak in more than seven years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday.

In 2008, measles outbreaks in several states have led to more than 70 cases so far, the worst in six years, health officials added

One in 4 American children has not been vaccinated properly, according to a new study by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention of CDC.

CDC researchers added that these make the toddlers vulnerable to infectious diseases that are popping up in the United States

A large mumps outbreak in the United States in 2006 may have been caused by the failure of the vaccine, federal health experts reported Wednesday.

In a study reported in the April 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, authors urge a more effective mumps vaccine or changes in vaccine policy to eradicate the disease