Last month, for the first time in two decades, a 6-year-old child in the U.S. died due to measles. Just a few weeks later, a ...

The recommendations were made following a meeting that included experts from the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Defense.

From the moment Steve Young canceled the Milam County Junior Livestock Association show, his days as county judge were ...

Covid’s impact rippled across the state. Gregory Del Duca, a Harrison man who lost his mother to the coronavirus, felt its touch. So did Dr. Amesh Adalja. The Pittsburgh-based infectious disease ...

This year's flu vaccine reduced the risk ... pediatric flu-related deaths in the 2023-2024 season, compared to the previous high of 199 during the 2019-2022 season. Dr. Meghan Martin, a pediatric ...

The effectiveness of vaccines ranges from 19% to 60% in any given season. In the 2023-24 flu season, the vaccine was 42% effective. Similarly, early 2024-25 data from the U.S. shows that the ...

With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and logistically difficult.

The effectiveness of annual flu vaccines varies depending on how well the vaccine matches the circulating virus. The effectiveness of vaccines ranges from 19% to 60% in any given season. In the ...

Now there are growing worries about next year’s flu vaccinations. This week, the Food and Drug Administration — now with vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm — unexpectedly and ...

This flu season has been brutal nationally, and though Illinois is faring better than some of its neighbors, experts say if you still haven’t gotten your flu shot yet, it’s not too late.

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