Vaccines
Amid measles outbreak, Florida defers to parents on isolation
A letter to parents from Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo contradicts guidance from the...
Largest COVID vaccine study yet finds links to health conditions
Vaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long COVID symptoms from an infection...
CDC isolation guidelines for Covid-19 haven’t changed yet. Here’s what you need to know
CDC is considering a shift to its Covid-19 isolation guidance to say that people no...
Millions of Americans have long Covid, including children and pregnant people, studies show
Two new studies give a better look at the burden from this health problem that...
Cough? Sore throat? More US schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway
California, where 25% of students last year missed 10% of the school year, took a...
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Vaccine skepticism, equity issues hinder cervical cancer fight
The U.S is lagging in its efforts to meet 2030 targets to effectively eliminate the...
Latest Covid-19 vaccine offers strong protection against symptomatic infection, including from JN.1, early CDC data shows
Only about 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 9 children have gotten the latest...
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The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000. Why is it back now?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers to be “on...
Why are measles cases popping up across the United States? Here’s what to know about the highly contagious virus
International travel, coupled with declining global vaccination rates, is probably behind this spate of cases,...
‘Emergency’ or not, COVID is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe
Pandemics are defined by neither time nor severity, but rather by large numbers of ongoing...