Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death — as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...

Early data suggest that the 2024-2025 flu shots have effectively lowered rates of flu hospitalization and outpatient visits ...

Across nine counties, Texas' measles outbreak reached nearly 150 cases on Friday, sending hundreds of people to seek out tests and vaccines. Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world ...

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, ...

People considering becoming pregnant should get their measles, chicken pox and rubella antibodies checked before conception.

The FDA canceled a critical annual flu vaccine planning meeting without explanation days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took ...

Federal health officials are trying to tell if this year's harsh flu season led to an increase in a rare but dangerous brain ...

With egg prices soaring, the US is considering vaccinating laying chickens, which have been hit particularly hard by the ...

With flu cases higher than they've been in a decade, health officials urge people to get a flu vaccine. It can't prevent flu, ...

With measles cases on the rise and flu season straining the nation's hospitals, health experts urge adults to check th ...

Start with your health-care provider, parents or caregiver to find out about your childhood vaccinations. And learn which ...

The good news is that influenza A — the strain predominantly circulating in Miami-Dade County and the rest of Florida — is one of three targeted by the 2024-2025 flu vaccine. The shot is trivalent, ...