To help answer common vaccine questions, we consulted Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor at the University of Iowa’s Carver ...

The flu epidemic continues to go down. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 24 have dropped ...

Wondering why you're feeling under the weather? The new page on the health department's website shares weekly trends for the ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported Tuesday that the state has had nearly 800 measles cases since an outbreak beginning last October.

Sacramento and Stanislaus counties are at a “higher risk,” while San Joaquin County is at a “very high risk,” the interactive map says.

But under PAHO's definition of elimination, borders matter. If, for example, the chain of measles that started in the U.S.

With the nation's measles-free status in doubt, this is what local public health officials are doing to bolster immunization ...

Another case of measles has been reported in the Bay Area amid outbreaks around the country of the highly contagious viral ...

Dr. Vidya Mony, a pediatric infectious disease physician, checks 2-month-old Aaron Thibodeau at the Santa Clara Valley Health ...

Flu-related hospital admissions are up since December and the respiratory illness season typically extends through April.

There is little room for error in trying to stop measles. The virus is one of the most contagious, infecting 9 out of every ...