Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fielding pressure from the White House to relax his controversial approach to vaccine policies as the midterms near, but his most steadfast ...

Teenage girls are by no means the only consumers of sugary beverages. For many people, they’re a regular purchase.

On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Georgia. They are printouts of her ...

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.

Some members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel have publicly questioned the safety and manufacturing of the shots, including raising a debunked theory that DNA contaminants in the vaccines are ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health held its first public workshop Friday on the subject of changing state rules regarding vaccines. It’s part of an ongoing push led by the state’s ...

Here's a look at how a measles outbreak starts, as exposures at two Colorado schools lead to infections potentially spinning ...

Changes in federal prescribing recommendations follow deliberate and transparent processes involving US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists, which normally include input from stakeholders ...

The CDC has issued an alert about traveling to Spain, Germany, Finland and Poland, as well as the U.K. and 28 other countries ...

Confusion at the federal level and funding cuts are devastating local health departments.

As the Trump administration shakes up recommendations for childhood vaccines, a growing number of states are moving quickly to ensure vaccines remain free and health care workers are protected from ...

The United States has reported more than 1,100 measles cases in 2026 so far, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.