Polio is not endemic in the United States, but the disease is circulating in 30 other countries now. A doctor explains how to protect against polio when traveling.

Practitioners nationwide are striving to do what’s best for children’s health, while staying supportive in the face of mistrust and confusion.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images The new food pyramid says it all. In January, the federal government released updated dietary ...

All nine confirmed measles cases in Shasta County's 2026 outbreak are in children, raising concerns about spread and impact.

The Artemis program’s first crewed trip to the moon may be slightly delayed, but the crew is still deep in prep mode. While most of the attention at NASA is focused on prelaunch preparations of the ...

Cook Children’s Health Care System will not adopt the vaccine guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month, instead recommending that children follow the ...

According to the California Department of Public Health, several illnesses — including COVID-19 — are currently circulating statewide. “Many respiratory viruses, including flu, (respiratory syncytial ...

The new AAP 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization recommendations diverge from the recently updated CDC guidance. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published its 2026 immunization ...

On Jan. 7, Dartmouth Health rejected the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s new childhood vaccine guidelines in favor of the vaccine schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

Childhood vaccination rates are dropping across the nation and have fallen below 90% in some states. This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new vaccination ...