Some parents are concerned about the recent confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a history of anti-vaccine views, ...

Texas public health officials estimated that a measles outbreak had likely spread to between 200-300 people, across five ...

For most children, illnesses like measles or the flu are unpleasant but manageable. A fever, a rash, some time home from ...

Health care providers say that hesitation and outright resistance to vaccines have become disturbingly common even in ...

Texas public health officials estimated that a measles outbreak had likely spread to between 200-300 people, across five ...

The federal government will keep its stockpile of tests, and people may still order them through COVIDtests.gov. In other news, more Americans are skipping covid vaccines, complicating the path to ...

Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

“What’s your view of herd immunity?” someone non-medical asked me at a party recently. “How long have you got?” I replied. It’s my way of avoiding an argument when I sense that somebody wants to ...

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