On his first day of school at Newcomer Academy, Maikel Tejeda was whisked to the school library. The 7th grader didn’t know ...

FluMist is a nasal spray manufactured by AstraZeneca that has been used to protect against influenza in the United States ...

Health data show that COVID-19 still surpasses all other infectious respiratory illnesses as a cause of severe illness, ...

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

The new and contagious XEC COVID-19 variant is spreading rapidly in several countries. Will it cause a surge in the U.S.?

A new vaccine is out just in time for fall, offering protection against the latest variant. Anyone 6 months and older can get ...

The latest, highly contagious subvariants are driving infections, but new vaccines may help stem the tide of another wave — ...

Federal data shows that overdose deaths in the United States are the lowest they’ve been in three years, and a new analysis ...

The COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 rose 12.7% and now makes up over 50% of COVID cases, the CDC Nowcast data tracker shows.

Patients ages six months and older should receive updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ideally vaccines will be done in September or October ...

with levels of the covid virus in wastewater suggesting infections are as widespread as they were in the winter. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now looks to wastewater as fewer people ...