Florida reported 8 new measles cases, bringing the total to 132. Collier County's outbreak added more cases but two were in new counties.

A group of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations has suspended an anticipated push to stop recommending mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines ...

Overdose deaths in the U.S. fell to pre-pandemic levels, with roughly 68,000 deaths in the year ending October 2025.

Polio is not endemic in the United States, but the disease is circulating in 30 other countries now. A doctor explains how to protect against polio when traveling.

Most people think saving money on healthcare means hunting for better insurance plans, arguing with billing departments, or making dramatic lifestyle overhauls. But what if the most powerful financial ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has defended some of his controversial moves as being part of his ...

The MAHA movement is recasting the term—developed in the 1980s to help protect patients against paternalistic medicine—in service of its own agenda. In the year that US Health and Human Services ...

Global health alerts are up for polio. The CDC warns travellers to take extra care. Poliovirus is detected in many countries. This reminds everyone the fight is not over. Pharmacists play a key role ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin has introduced the Promoting Dental Health Act to reauthorize funding for the CDC’s Oral Health Program for five years, according to a March 5 news release.  Here are five things ...

Currently there is no vaccine to prevent this virus and no specific antiviral therapy to treat HMPV, according to the CDC.

CDC deploys team South Carolina to analyze data and support response amid the state's largest measles outbreak since 2000.

There is no replacement for reliable data from federal government databases. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a ...