When the US introduced the measles vaccine in 1963, we were experiencing hundreds of thousands of cases and about 500 deaths ...

In rural West Texas, measles has sickened nearly 150 people, most of them unvaccinated. A school-age child has died. The virus is spreading among Gaines County’s Mennonite community, where government ...

In nearly three weeks as Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. certainly hasn't allayed concerns that he ...

Bagdasarian also recommends ensuring kids take in a lot of fluids and said over the counter medicines like Tylenol and ...

Covid may feel as if it’s behind us. But we’re living in the branch of history it created. And its contours are only now coming into view. Opinion Five years after the pandemic began, Donald Trump is ...

With egg prices spiking due to bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced steps last week to control the H5N1 ...

The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be ...

The United States is seeing a large measles outbreak, with nearly 150 cases reported since late January, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Last week, the nation saw its first ...

The Health and Human Services Department is reviewing contracts and moving to replace vaccine advisers in Robert F. Kennedy ...

Measles outbreaks − including recent occurrences in New Mexico, Florida, Ohio and New York − happen all too often. It does not need to be this way.

Vaccines not only protect individual children from measles, but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who ...

A measles outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico has killed a child and sickened more than 130 people, and public health ...