Boston Public Health Commission advises against using CDC as a reliable source after federal agency alters longstanding position on vaccines and autism.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made a dramatic about-face in the agency's position on the relationship ...

A raccoon tested positive for rabies after an encounter with a local pet. Health officials say the situation could have been much worse.

More than 570 families around the state so far have sought and received religious exemptions to school vaccination laws.

The Illinois General Assembly passed a number of health care-related bills during its veto session last week. The measures, ranging from mandates for hospitals to establish policies when dealing with ...

Stone is a retired infectious disease physician, medical journalist, and author. Feinberg is professor of medicine/infectious disease and professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at the West ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster, but a new study suggests that it could have ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster — but a new study suggests that it could have ...

After being told over the summer he needed a prescription to get the latest covid booster, AR Ravi sat in a Downtown Pittsburgh building Friday, hoping the Allegheny County Health Department could ...

EDWARDSVILLE — The purchase of up to $300,000 in vaccines from multiple pharmaceutical companies was approved by the Madison County Board at its Oct. 15 meeting. The vaccines will be used by the ...

An unvaccinated Lake County child has the measles, the Lake County Health Department announced Friday. The department did not release the child’s gender and age, but stated the child is under the care ...

PORTMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Department of Health is implementing the newest updates to the CDC’s immunization schedule, including updates to the COVID-19 and the MMRV vaccine recommendations.