Americans have been warned to exercise caution when traveling as certain regions contend with outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne viral disease called chikungunya. Similar advisories were ...

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) was established to protect public health. Now it's being used against it.

Evelyn Griffin speaks at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in Atlanta on Dec. 4. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness — a conclusion top federal health officials have ...

CDC releases latest numbers on flu outbreak across the US. New cases are accelerating - and hospitalizations are up. Gabrielle discusses how helpful the vaccines are and what people can do to protect ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to overhaul how children get vaccines took a major step forward. An advisory committee voted to narrow hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns.

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