Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine’s Northwest region of hospitals Dr. Irfan Hafiz joins Bob Sirott to talk about the increase in flu cases across the country, why measles cases are on ...

As measles cases continue to spread across the country, a survey released Monday shows a “small but significant drop” in the proportion of the public that would recommend someone in their household ...

The United States is experiencing the worst year for measles cases in more than three decades, with nearly 2,000 cases confirmed by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have been ...

Cabo Verde, Mauritius, and Seychelles, in a major public health accomplishment, have eliminated measles and rubella, becoming the first sub-Saharan countries to reach this milestone, the World Health ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — A current measles outbreak in Spartanburg County has prompted three families to share their personal experiences with the disease and the MMR vaccine, offering different ...

As anti-vaccine sentiment rises nationally, prominent people have proposed splitting combination vaccines into individual shots. For example, the new acting director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

The temporary CDC head's call to split apart the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots drew swift rebukes from pediatric and infectious disease experts. "I call on ...

A top health official has suggested breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In response to President Donald Trump’s recent statement warning about pregnant women's use of ...

The combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine — better known as the MMR shot —should be split into three separate vaccines, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Jim ...

The acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for vaccine makers to develop separate shots against measles, mumps and rubella to replace combination MMR vaccines, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has also called for the shot to be broken up into three separate jabs, echoing a major goal of the antivax movement. Reading time 4 minutes The acting chief of the Centers ...

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday endorsed President Trump’s call to split up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine despite there being no ...