Influenza

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Amid the measles outbreak that started in Texas, many people might be wondering: do I need to get a measles vaccine booster?

The panel was due to vote on influenza vaccine recommendations but delayed that to its June meeting.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices must be allowed to protect public health

The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.

A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed noninfectious.

California-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods has recalled Marketside celery products sold at Walmart stores across 28 states. Here's what to know.

One of the requirements of graduate school in the US stumped me: an immunization certificate for the MMR vaccine

Health experts say driving up vaccination rates in affected areas is the most effective defense against this disease

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.

The US anti-vaccine movement is now firmly embedded in the highest levels of government, where those overseeing public health agencies are making drastic cuts both wide and deep

Study evaluated Asian cohort during Delta, Omicron waves

Getting vaccinated against shingles may not only lower risk for the condition — it may offer some protection against dementia, a new study suggests.

The move — along with the CDC's explanation — is a sign that the nation's top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

At some point—maybe even soon—the emergency phase of the pandemic will end. But what, exactly, is that magic threshold?

Public health experts are sounding the alarm over recent move by the NIH to collect information about funding for research into mRNA technology

A Michigan resident who received a transplant in December died after getting infected with rabies from the new organ, the state's health department said.

A new strain of bird flu — H7N9 — is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is looking into the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect and investigate foodborne illness

Two people legally in the U.S. who flew into a Boston airport have been denied reentry into the country after traveling abroad. One was deported in apparent defiance of a judicial order.