A record share of U.S. kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all ...

Federal health authorities, headed now by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are embracing vaccine hesitancy in a ...

Many Central Texas school districts require up-to-date vaccines for enrollment. Learn what shots your student needs, and a new update to the exemption process.

A look at vaccinations, notebooks and pens preparation ahead of school year.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time ...

Vaccination rates for several diseases including measles, diphtheria and polio decreased among U.S. kindergartners in the ...

Canada has had three times as many measles cases as the U.S. this year, according to the Canadian government and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Canada has faced 4,206 ...

Dental floss could eventually do much more than improve oral hygiene. A new study led by Texas Tech University and the ...

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