Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is redirecting samples to other laboratories following orders for the U.S. CDC to cut ...

HealthDay News — Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer, was confirmed Thursday, February 13, 2025, as the nation’s new health secretary. The Senate voted largely along ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will lead the nation’s largest health and human services agency after today’s US Senate vote. Many ...

The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more parents are choosing to not vaccinate their children ...

A tally of the health sector job losses caused by the dismantling of USAID. Plus how the Trump’s administrations orders are ...

Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

I’m not in any way minimizing the great work the CDC does. But I think most of us realize that it has to be approved by the ...

The polio vaccine prevents an infection that can lead to paralysis or death. Learn who should get it and when, plus the risks ...

Every new government changes the leadership of the polio programme without realising how negatively it might impact it.