Babies may not develop a cough at all, but they can have episodes of apnea, or pauses in breathing, which can be serious. One ...

Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string ...

Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the U.S., now affecting one in 31 children, according to a new CDC report ...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a ...

Immunization programs nationwide have been left brittle by years of stagnant funding by federal, state and local governments.

The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through many Texas communities.

Spillover from the politicization of the COVID pandemic has eroded vaccine confidence, but everyday people can play a role in ...

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside panel of vaccine experts on Tuesday discussed narrowing ...

Experts say outbreaks of preventable diseases could get much worse with Trump’s cuts to public health infrastructure.

So far this year, the U.S. has had more than double the number ... a new online tool that allows people to look up measles vaccination rates for schools throughout the state, from pre-kindergarten ...