Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s guidance, the CDC no longer recommends routine vaccination to protect against meningococcal ...

The new CDC recommendation takes a much narrower view of the meningococcal disease threat. Because of "the low incidence ...

The childhood vaccines that the CDC is dropping from the recommended scheduled have successfully beat back illness and death ...

Flu activity continues to remain elevated in the United States, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease ...

I'm so glad your son has recovered from influenza. As you mentioned, he tested positive on the rapid test for Influenza A. This test can show whether a person has influenza virus, but it does not ...

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreovirus (PRV), an emerging bat-borne orthoreovirus, in archived throat swab samples and virus cultures from five patients in Bangladesh ...

As flu cases rise across the U.S., those who end up contracting the virus have treatments available that may help reduce ...

For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Instead of a ...

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent years. Scientists say people receiving treatment in hospitals are at ...

(NEXSTAR) – Cases of valley fever, a fungal disease caused by spores found within soil in (mostly) the Southwestern part of the U.S., has been rising in recent decades, prompting warnings from local ...