In his 20 years working in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. John Schieffelin has never seen another illness like ...

It helps if healthcare workers have conversations with parents about vaccines to boost their confidence in them and eliminate ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new secretary of the federal Health and Human Services, has undercut confidence in vaccines and his agency has cut funding for vaccination efforts. All of it comes amid ...

A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too.

Against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding measles outbreak, what we need right now is urgent assistance from the federal government to support immunization and strengthen vaccine delivery, not more ...

An insidious but lesser-known consequence of even a mild measles infection is that it kills the very cells that remember ...

Over the last two months, the pharmaceutical industry has remained on the sidelines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...

Data from the Ohio Department of Health shows a continual decline in child vaccine rates in the state. As reported by The ...

Immunology is pivotal in addressing significant health challenges, from enhancing vaccine efficacy to identifying therapeutic targets for complex diseases.

The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator was removed from his post Tuesday, part of sweeping cuts to the federal health workforce that have cleared out many of the nation’s top ...

If you live in Tazewell County, you may see low-flying airplanes or helicopters moving back and forth in the coming days.

This is the first in our 2025 “Health Matters” series focused on health topics in South Snohomish County and sponsored by the Verdant Health Commission. As news of the ...