The first measles outbreaks of the new year were reported this month, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

There is no cure for measles. Doctors can provide supportive care and try to manage the symptoms — reduce fever, prevent dehydration, treat secondary bacterial infections — until the disease has run ...

The AAP released its 2026 childhood immunization schedule, maintaining routine vaccine recommendations for several diseases despite revised CDC guidelines.

Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national COVID pandemic. But more than 2 years later, a growing body of ...

Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the 11 states reporting its first measles cases of 2026. The first reported case this year ...

Following an outbreak in India that has left two people dead, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control has classified Nipah virus ...

The US has officially pulled out of the WHO, a year after President Donald Trump announced plans to leave the global health ...

For decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke with a single ...

Walter Dowdle, a renowned microbiologist, virologist, and public health leader who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and WHO, and made significant contributions to ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, why the group is breaking with the CDC on vaccine recommendations for children.

The agency plays a key role in tracking disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its 2026 child and adolescent immunization schedule, which continues to ...