Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist recently appointed as chair of a highly influential federal vaccine committee, questioned the need for immunizing against illnesses like polio in a podcast ...

For parents of young children, visits to the pediatrician could involve new challenges and confusion now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drastically overhauled its recommended ...

Medical groups are speaking out against the changes announced this week. Amid a record-breaking flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that multiple vaccinations, ...

(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. is changing which vaccines are recommended for children, slashing the number of shots endorsed for everyone and leaving more decisions in the hands of parents and pediatricians.

The Trump administration’s efforts to rewrite the rules of public health have created a new kind of influencer: doctors who take to social media to combat misinformation. Photo: Gabriel Matarazzo/JP O ...

There have been at least 120,0000 hospitalizations so far, the CDC says. Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to newly released data from the Centers ...

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows flu cases continuing to spike around the country, with some areas seeing record cases of the illness. The CDC estimated there have ...

New York City is seeing some of the highest levels in the country. Flu activity is increasing across the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness — a conclusion top federal health officials have ...

Americans have been warned to exercise caution when traveling as certain regions contend with outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne viral disease called chikungunya. Similar advisories were ...