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

The CDC is recommending fewer childhood vaccines, although the ones it has jettisoned from the recommended schedule have ...

The CDC maintained its recommendations for 11 childhood vaccines: measles, mumps, and rubella; whooping cough, tetanus, and diphtheria; the bacterial disease known as Hib; pneumonia; polio; chickenpox ...

When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in ...

Federal officials say the U.S. should have a schedule more in line with slimmer recommendations in other countries. Public health experts say the goal belies fundamental differences between health ...

The federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term ...

Influenza cases are rising sharply, heightening fears that a new strain will fuel a punishing flu season that is already outpacing last year’s. The flu has sickened an estimated 7.5 million people so ...

All viral activity benchmarks have gone down, except for a slight increase in the death rate. Here's what to know about the state of the flu season.

In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends ...

At least 180,000 hospitalizations have been recorded, CDC data shows. Flu activity remains elevated throughout the United States, with children being hit especially hard, according to newly released ...