When teenagers or adults do get hand, foot and mouth disease, symptoms are usually mild or may not appear at all. Some adults ...

Every year, this illness makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. This time, some parents and pediatricians ...

If current trends continue, North America could soon become a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose ...

A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas ...

Racial health disparities may widen as states, universities and nonprofits grapple with federal funding cuts to programs that were aimed at filling gaps in care, public health experts say.

Florida’s announcement that it would scrap public school vaccine mandates next year hit Elizabeth particularly hard. Her ...

The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.

How will the Global Polio Eradication Initiative deal with the changes made by the Trump administration at a crucial time in ...

A disease outbreak in a remote village can reach major U.S. cities within just hours and quickly wreak havoc on a community’s ...

The health department has urged individuals who were at the airport during the specified time to monitor for symptoms.

Years after the reign of Warren Jeffs, the Short Creek community on the Utah-Arizona border is focused on rebuilding. Missed vaccines were low on the list of priorities, until now.

Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed ...