“Flu is a serious illness. It can take even normal, healthy people and put them into the ER,” says William Schaffner, M.D., ...

Measles cases are popping up around the country. Doctors share what to do after a measles exposure and what to do to stay ...

Over the last few months, health officials in the United States have been tracking a measles outbreak, monitoring bird flu cases in humans and raising alarms over an increased risk of dengue virus in ...

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Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s guidance, the CDC no longer recommends routine vaccination to protect against meningococcal ...

Infectious disease experts are already sounding the alarm for 2026. While the “tripledemic” of previous years has stabilized, ...

Physicians forecast sharper rise in meningococcal disease cases amid CDC vaccine guidance changes and increasing U.S. infections since 2021.

According to the Royal Papworth Hospital, influenza or ‘flu’, is a ‘viral infection that mainly affects the nose, throat and ...