A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.

As August approached in the summer of 1952, I was looking forward to returning for second grade at Holy Rosary Elementary in ...

Hepatitis B (sometimes referred to as hep B) is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It typically causes symptoms like stomach pain, dark urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice (yellowing ...

Widespread childhood vaccination has reduced or eliminated deadly diseases like polio and smallpox. Vaccines currently prevent around 3.5 million to 5 million deaths per year. Following the ...

The BNT162b2 XBB vaccine shows 68% effectiveness in children aged 5-11 and 63% in those aged 12-17 against severe COVID-19 outcomes. The study involved 15,233 children, with a diverse demographic ...

who founded the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, has made an array of statements that can't reasonably be summarized that way.

And that same year in a radio interview Trump cast doubt on the efficacy of flu vaccines and did so in a way that revealed he didn’t understand how they work. “I’ve never had a flu shot ...

As colder weather sets in, common illnesses such as the cold, flu, RSV and COVID-19 viruses are making their way around ...

BOSTON — Religious exemptions for most vaccinations for school-aged children would be banned in Massachusetts under a proposal working its way through ... of the state’s vaccine law that ...

The 2014 outbreak in west Africa exposed a critical gap in global preparedness for infectious diseases: the absence of effective vaccines. There were no drugs or vaccines approved to treat or ...

California leads with 4.5%, driven by early diagnosis efforts ... He remains optimistic about New Jersey’s ability to lead the way in addressing vaccine hesitancy while continuing to support ...