These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday. Over the ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

Last year, following an outbreak the state had not seen in years, Kentucky ultimately reported 543 cases of whopping cough.

I was literally nauseated by Kennedy’s remarks” about Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.

More than 6 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's disease, a number predicted to rise as our population ages.

Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

Kennedy called on Gavi “to re-earn the public trust and to justify the $8 billion America has provided in funding since 2001, ...

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health reported an increase in pertussis infections for 2024. The state had 2,261 confirmed and probable cases reported last year, a 25-fold increase from the 87 ...

One man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg during a Fourth of July celebration in Hillsborough in the early morning hours of ...

Healthy Info, Healthy Kids will be a regular column by Akron Children's health care providers to give parents accurate ...

New global study shows childhood vaccine coverage stalled by COVID-19, with urgent need to boost immunisation by 2030 to meet WHO targets.

This could be America’s future if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his rampage against public health—and it may arrive much sooner than you think.