As we get older, our body’s immune system becomes weaker. The virus that causes chickenpox gets activated again later in life and causes shingles a painful rash with burning, tingling, and blisters.

A number of leading medical groups, including the Itasca-based American Academy of Pediatrics, expressed concern that changes in the vaccine recommendations could lead to more children becoming ...

A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and paused the reconstituted advisory panel's decisions.

A federal court on Monday issued a stay that temporarily prevents federal health authorities from making major changes to the ...

The New York City Health Department issued an advisory warning that a resident with recent travel to Europe had been diagnosed with clade I mpox, the more severe strain of the virus formerly known as ...

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for ...

Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for acute respiratory illness in Clark County peaked in February but remain high.

When 12-year-olds receive a letter from the school nurse about the HPV vaccine, their reactions are often mixed. Some ...

Students lined up for antibiotics after the deadly outbreak was linked to a social event, highlighting both the rarity of such clusters and concerns over falling vaccination rates.

Bats are reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, such as Ebola and coronaviruses. These pathogens can spread to humans ...

Key Takeaways This season's flu vaccine didn't work as well as usual, officials sayA new virus strain did not match the shot ...