Although the hepatitis B vaccine has been heralded as triumph of public health, a federal advisory panel whose members were ...

Although the hepatitis B vaccine has been heralded as triumph of public health, a federal advisory panel whose members were ...

Lyme disease (LD) carries a substantial financial burden for both patients and the health care system, suggests a new ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a Salmonella outbreak linked to a powdered greens supplement.

A family history of cancer may reflect genetic susceptibility, immune dysregulation, or environmental exposures that ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) this week noted several commercial ...

Likely due to staffing shortages, US nursing-home capacity has declined—by 15% or more in some cases—since the COVID-19 ...

Newborns of mothers vaccinated against pertussis (whooping cough) during pregnancy have antibodies not only in their blood ...

The head of the Department of Health and Human Services has spent decades promoting vaccine skepticism and has now revamped the US childhood immunization schedule to have one-third fewer recommended ...

States will no longer be required to report how many children they vaccinate to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to a December 30 letter to state health officials. As a ...

The US Senate and House of Representatives have included funding for GAVI in their foreign assistance appropriations bill.

A secondary analysis of a large, randomized clinical trial published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that ...