Young infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often become much sicker compared to those infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Despite trailing in case counts, RSV sent more than 800 people to the hospital — outpacing the flu’s 314 hospitalizations and COVID-19’s 390 hospitalizations combined. Dr. Philip Heavner, pediatrician ...
The new childhood immunization policies and vaccine schedule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the focus of yet another multistate lawsuit, with Maine Attorney General Aaron ...
Lawmakers grilled Casey Means, MD, on vaccines, AI, conflicts of interest and more during Wednesday’s Senate hearing to be the next surgeon general.Means, nominated by the Trump administration, was ...
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. is a health and medical reporter for NBC News. He covers the Food and Drug Administration, with a special focus on Covid vaccines, prescription drug pricing and health care. He ...
In January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommended childhood vaccines for only 11 diseases, down from 17.
The committee debate was vigorous at times, with some supporters unsure if they would give the bill approval on the chamber floor.
Waldorf schools tend to attract parents who don’t want their kids to eat junk food or play Fortnite; they also draw a fair number who skip vaccines. During the pandemic, I began to hear considerable ...
The lawsuit is the latest move by New Jersey officials in their ongoing battle with President Donald Trump over public health ...
CDC leadership announced in early January that the agency would dramatically reduce the number of vaccines recommended for ...
Over a dozen states sued the Trump administration for rolling back vaccine recommendations for children, which the officials ...
The debate in the Senate Appropriations Committee was vigorous at times, with some supporters unsure if they would support the measure on the chamber floor. A House companion bill has not yet been ...