A new strain called H3N2 subclade K has emerged, raising concerns that the body may not be able to fight it off as well.

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who ...

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Norovirus is most common in certain settings, and it can spread through seafood, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

A nonprofit is hoping to change the narrative around Black representation in aquatics, as data from the Centers for Disease ...

The CDC estimates that there have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu ...

MIAMI – Florida's surgeon general wants to do away with all state vaccine mandates. But the first step in his plan targets ...

How many measles cases are going undetected? Andrew Pavia, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Utah, said in some communities, getting tested means a tank of gas, missing work, finding a ...

U.S. measles cases near 2,000 across 43 states, raising holiday travel risks and threatening the nation’s measles‑free status ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to end the universal recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, instead recommending that women ...

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick, according to a study, as students were excluded or kept hom ...

Wyoming health officials are urging people to protect vulnerable children and those who have compromised immune systems from the measles, following ...