The CDC maintained its recommendations for 11 childhood vaccines: measles, mumps, and rubella; whooping cough, tetanus, and ...

This week, some of those indicators have fallen, but the CDC says that does not necessarily mean the season has reached its ...

The new CDC recommendation takes a much narrower view of the meningococcal disease threat. Because of "the low incidence ...

Flu activity continues to remain elevated in the United States, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease ...

In today’s issue: The winners and losers in the newly released dietary guidelines. … What was left on the cutting room floor.

Several shots, including jabs for influenza and hepatitis A and B, will no longer be recommended for children.

Seasonal influenza is a contagious respiratory illness that can result in mild to severe illness, and is sometimes fatal, the ...

Merck on Thursday said any changes to the U.S. child and adolescent immunization schedule should rest on comprehensive data ...

Vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were blindsided by a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert ...

Colorado's school vaccine requirements now follow American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations rather than those made by ...

Rhode Island’s Department of Health is sticking to its childhood vaccination policy after the CDC decided to downgrade its ...

A child in San Mateo County died of influenza this week, only days after the CDC announced a new reduced list of recommended ...