Only about 15% of adults ages 60-64 and 26% of adults 65 and older are up to date on all the vaccines recommended for their age, according to CDC data from 2022. These include vaccines for COVID 19, ...

It may be hard to believe with all the noise on social media these days, but five years ago this week the world went quiet. On Feb, 11, 2020, WHO (World Health Organization) announced the official ...

With deaths and hospitalizations down, experts say vaccines and immunity from infection have helped turn the page on the Covid pandemic ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Marty Makary, passed a key committee ...

“Infected people are contagious from 4 days before the rash starts through 4 days afterward. The incubation period for measles, from exposure to fever, is usually about 7-10 days, and from exposure to ...

Prince George’s County is stepping up efforts to protect the community from the flu. This comes after two elementary students recently died from the ...

Getting vaccinated continues to be the most effective way to prevent infection, local health experts say, as the number of confirmed measles cases grows nationwide.

Authorities in Morocco have been scrambling to contain an outbreak of measles, a contagious and potentially fatal disease that had nearly been eradicated in the kingdom but has rebounded as ...

Scientists at Cornell University have developed a new type of vaccine that may provide stronger and longer-lasting protection ...

This research investigated averted hospitalizations in Oregon and Washington, which had greater than 75% uptake of at least 1 ...

First of all, immunity fades over time, whether from a past infection or a previous shot. The virus also keeps mutating and ...

As the measles outbreak continues in Texas and New Mexico, Arizona health expert weighs in on who should get the booster.