An invasive bacterial infection is on the rise in the U.S., according to an alert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cases of meningococcal disease, mainly caused by the ...
Health officials urge vaccination against the highly contagious virus, which has caused 121 infections in the country this year Will Sullivan Daily Correspondent The measles virus as seen through ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling for action to increase U.S. measles immunization amid a rise in cases that could threaten the nation’s status as one where the ...
In 2000, after a decadeslong public health battle and a Herculean vaccination program, the US won a coveted status: measles elimination. The designation means that the extremely infectious measles ...
Nearly a third of all U.S. measles cases in the past four years happened during a three-month stretch in 2024, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rise ...
The Texas patient who contracted bird flu had only a single symptom and that was consistent with a very common disease, it has emerged. The infected person, reportedly a worker in the dairy ...
The CDC says this recommendation is intended to “protect those who may have received killed measles vaccine, which was available in 1963-1967 and was not effective.” ...
As avian influenza (bird flu) continues to spread among wild birds in the European Union, officials are warning of the ...
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning over the increase in measles outbreaks. And this week, the Chicago Department of Public Health warned about possible measles ...