After Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, Kentucky has not joined the list of US states to declare a measles outbreak, which as ...

That whole meeting was a travesty,” says Fiona Havers, a physician and epidemiologist. After the ACIP firings, Havers ...

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The government’s top vaccine official, working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., restricted the approval of two ...

Officials have closed off swimming at beaches in at least six states due to high bacteria levels. Here's where those closures are.

The U.S. is about to break a record for the number of reported measles cases in a year since the infection was considered ...

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A spa in Massachusetts is being investigated after 18 customers reported botulism symptoms after getting injections there.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) upgraded a blueberry recall this week to the highest risk level amid concerns of ...

A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.