The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned in an internal document that the delta variant of the coronavirus appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and likely causes more ...

What the shingles vaccine does is it dampens reactivations of latent viruses in a way that may be protecting other parts of your body,” Martin said. Including, it seems, the brain. The measles, mumps ...

Massachusetts requires all students to be vaccinated, including those from other countries visiting as part of an exchange program.

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

The signs and symptoms of measles usually start 7–14 days after exposure to the virus, and include rash, fever, a runny nose, ...

A rare complication of shingles is urinary retention, in which the bladder doesn't empty enough or at all when someone ...

Chickenpox is a highly contagious infection that often impacts children. It is easily identified by an itchy, spotty, rash, however, that can also be the symptom of many other common conditions in ...

Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

Scientific progress has improved the environment and human health. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of Health and Human Services is unraveling progress.

Among the problems: hundreds of lab samples went unprocessed for more than two weeks and surgical staff had no hot water to ...