A fast-moving strain of the flu is raising concern in North Texas as the busy holiday travel season begins. Dr. Joseph Chang, chief medical officer at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, said flu ...

Fifteen new cases of measles have been reported in the Upstate since Tuesday, more schools have had infected students, 303 people are in quarantine and 13 in isolation, the South Carolina Department ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Health officials warn North Carolina likely to see measles cases this winter. Two MMR doses provide lasting protection; no booster ...

Oregon has reported more cases of whooping cough this year than at any time in state history, and health officials say falling vaccination rates — especially among pregnant people — are adding to the ...

Cases of the new “subclade K” super-flu are “ballooning” in the UK, said NHS England. Its latest figures show that the number of flu patients admitted to hospital is up 50% on the same period last ...

The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools. By Joseph Goldstein The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it ...

The influenza virus or flu is a contagious respiratory illness that can generate mild, moderate, or severe symptoms. Healthy individuals that contract the virus may feel mild symptoms, but recover ...

Martin Kulldorff, a former Harvard Medical School professor who was fired from the institution after refusing to get a COVID-19 shot, has been appointed chief science officer for HHS' Office of the ...

The chair of a federal vaccine advisory committee, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency ...

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If ongoing measles outbreaks are not contained by the end of January, the U.S. could lose its elimination status for the disease, reflecting a drop in vaccination rates, experts told ABC News. The U.S ...