SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality in the US, particularly among infants and older adults, underscoring the importance of vaccination, ...

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

Some members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel have publicly questioned the safety and manufacturing of the shots, including raising a debunked theory that DNA contaminants in the vaccines are ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration. After Health and ...

Flu cases are “very high” across much of Idaho, federal health experts say, and another respiratory virus is on the rise as ...

Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus still exists. A public health expert explains what Long COVID ...

Whether or not you have access to independent, scientifically sound public health guidance may depend on how your state voted for governor.

To fill “the vacuum left by the Trump administration’s systematic retreat from science and evidence-based public health,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom is creating the Public Health Network Innovation ...

As various illnesses have been surging nationwide, a number of states have brought in mask mandates to try to reduce the rate of transmission. Among vulnerable populations, many of the illnesses that ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. In the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of pregnant women were wheeled into hospitals where they fought for their lives and ...

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It's officially the season of text prompts and phone call reminders to get your seasonal vaccines. Cases of flu, RSV, COVID-19, and other common respiratory illnesses tend to spike as temperatures go ...