The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

Nicki Minaj has rallied her fans to help get the SAVE America Act passed in the Senate after it passed through the House on Wednesday.

North Carolina public schools require students get the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, but families can ask for an ...

UW-Madison students are now required to disclose proof of their vaccinations after a UW student tested positive for measles ...

“Secretary Kennedy is leading the most transparent HHS in history, with unprecedented disclosure and openness aimed at ...

Find what immunizations Chicago students need, when they’re due and how to find local providers to keep them up-to-date.

The Department of Health and Human Services has removed the rotavirus vaccine, along with five others, from the list of universally recommended childhood immunizations. This makes the U.S. an outlier.

Last week, the Trump administration announced changes to the recommended childhood vaccination schedule by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, removing overall recommendations for ...

New federal health guidance means fewer vaccines are now recommended for all children in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the updated childhood vaccine schedule in a ...

Sickness is surging across the United States following the holiday season, bringing thermometers and medicine to homes amid presents and Christmas dinner leftovers. New York state especially has been ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband and I are over 65. We got the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccinations two years ago. I’m reading mixed reports on how often we should be getting them. -- N.W. ANSWER: ...

Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to ...