In recent news appearances, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread in poultry flocks unchecked. Scientists say that’s risky ...

The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line ...

In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...

Since taking the helm of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has both backed vaccination as a public health tool and made remarks that ...

F or most of the past century, the United States’ track record on infectious disease has been quite good. Thanks to major ...

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After studying this year's influenza information, the recommendation is that flu vaccines for next year be trivalent, reports CNN. Also in the news, Vermont reports its first measles case in a ...

Kentucky has reported two more child deaths related ... At the end of January, the CDC reported that less than half of kids were protected against flu. It was around 44%." Reporter Killian ...

Two children ... The CDC has described this respiratory virus season as the worst in 15 years, according to the cabinet. There are two co-dominant strands of flu spreading in the community ...

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Most of the 222 cases are among children ... Per the CDC, measles is one of the most contagious viruses on the planet. One infected person can transmit measles to 12 to 18 people. To put it in ...