Health officials have confirmed the second case of measles in suburban Cook County this year—in a 4-year-old, unvaccinated ...

Members of the public may have been exposed if they were in Terminal 5 of O’Hare International Airport between about 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sept. 11.

As they prepared to leave their home early Saturday, Nelson grabbed the polio insurance policy he’d purchased. The year was ...

A monthslong NBC News data investigation finds that much of the U.S. doesn't have the protection needed to stop the spread of ...

A generation ago, infectious childhood diseases were nearly wiped out in the U.S., thanks to immunization programs. In the most comprehensive data investigation of its kind, we show how that ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health this week reported the death of a school-aged child due to a rare ...

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) wrote to HHS Secretary RFK Jr., urging his support of the whooping cough vaccine amid a nationwide outbreak.

The health department said the death is a "painful reminder" of how dangerous measles can be in unvaccinated people.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Senate hearing on Thursday that children receive up to 92 ...

Discussing the importance of vaccines in the current political climate, focusing on COVID, flu, and measles. Protecting against preventable diseases.

As the CDC crumbles, Texas must take care of its own. Don't sunset the Texas Department of State Health Services.