Health officials urge vaccination against the highly contagious virus, which has caused 121 infections in the country this year Will Sullivan Daily Correspondent The measles virus as seen through ...
In 2000, after a decadeslong public health battle and a Herculean vaccination program, the US won a coveted status: measles elimination. The designation means that the extremely infectious measles ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned of a "renewed threat" to measles elimination in the US as cases continue to skyrocket. According to CDC data, the US has recorded ...
Nearly a third of all U.S. measles cases in the past four years happened during a three-month stretch in 2024, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rise ...
Many regions across the United States experienced "record-breaking high temperatures" in 2023 due to extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency room ...
The Texas patient who contracted bird flu had only a single symptom and that was consistent with a very common disease, it has emerged. The infected person, reportedly a worker in the dairy ...
The CDC says this recommendation is intended to “protect those who may have received killed measles vaccine, which was available in 1963-1967 and was not effective.” ...
CDC Warns of 19 Cases of Botched Botox Shots in 9 States By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Counterfeit or mishandled Botox shots have triggered harmful ...