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Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed the childhood immunization schedule, reducing the number of recommended shots for all children from 18 down to [Read More…]

STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) —  Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There’s [Read More…]

Members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The [Read More…]

Stock photo of a sick woman. Guido Mieth/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease [Read More…]

An Influenza Vaccine is prepared for a patient on September 12, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to [Read More…]

In this handout from Merck & Co, a box and vial of Gardasil, a new cervical cancer vaccine, is seen is this undated photo. Russell Kirk/Merck & Co. via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A [Read More…]

Stock photo of a sick child. (Natalia Lebedinskaia/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — New York is reporting the highest number of flu hospitalizations recorded in a single week, the state’s health department said on Friday. [Read More…]

A child receives a standard immunization on September 15, 2025, in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Children who miss early vaccinations are far more likely to miss the measles, mumps, rubella [Read More…]

A box of biles for Measles Vaccinations offered by Harris Public Health is photographed on Saturday, April 5, 2025 in Houston. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has surpassed 2,000 [Read More…]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, 2025 has been a year full of medical breakthroughs. Scientists discovered a brain [Read More…]

Stock photo of a sick child. Natalia Lebedinskaia/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flu activity is increasing across the U.S. amid holiday travel and gatherings, according to the latest data the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]

A woman receives a flu vaccination, October 15, 2025. Alejandro Martinez Velez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flu activity is increasing across the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New York City [Read More…]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. US [Read More…]

Stock photo of a sick child blowing their nose. Vera Livchak/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Concerns about the flu spreading in the U.S. are growing as the U.K. continues to see a spike in [Read More…]

(NEW YORK) — At least 14 cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been reported in central Florida. In an email to state Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, the Florida Department of Health revealed the outbreak is linked [Read More…]

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted 8-3 [Read More…]

Catherine Stein, far right, speaks during a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Chamblee, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]

The healthcare.gov website on a laptop arranged in Norfolk, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — One in four Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [Read More…]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at higher risk of lack of sleep, obesity and depression, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. What’s [Read More…]

Norovirus virus particles. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Cases of norovirus are rising across the United States, doubling over the last few months, according to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly [Read More…]