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Dr. Leona Baumgartner made history as the first woman to serve as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health. A ...

Behind only Alaska, Colorado is the next biggest decrease in vaccinations of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, seeing a decline of 9.15%. "It's frightening and it makes all of us as ...

Two of the four cases involved school-aged children in Lubbock, which hasn't seen a case in more than 20 years.

Medicines, such as antivirals and vaccines, which had more solid evidence showing they were effective compared to other types of safety measures, were ...

Viral hepatitis is a major danger to public health. According to WHO’s 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, viral hepatitis deaths ...

On the fifth anniversary of the U.S. declaring a public health emergency over COVID-19, people continue to lose their lives.

British poultry farmers are urgently calling on the government to permit vaccination of their flocks as bird flu continues to ...

Newly elected Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks told Kennedy after their tense exchange that she cannot support his nomination ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators he would apologize if data shows vaccines don’t cause autism, but he cited a poorly ...

The 30-day risk for death was slightly higher for COVID-19 than for influenza or RSV; the 180-day mortality also was higher for COVID-19.

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...