vaccines

A new report from the CDC shows vaccine exemptions amongst U.S. children entering kindergarten have hit highest rate ever.

A panel of CDC advisers voted Tuesday to recommend updated Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus booster shots for everyone ages 6 months and up.

Vaccination rates for measles have fallen in recent years, putting more people at risk for the extremely contagious virus.

YouTube said Monday that it had removed a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking with podcast host Jordan Peterson for spreading what the company said was vaccine misinformation.

A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on Thursday backed Pfizer’s shot despite some lingering questions.

The U.S. has approved the first vaccine for RSV, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, as well.

HPV causes nearly all cervical cancers and a handful of other potentially lethal forms of the disease in men and women.

Forty-two families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus.

The only HIV vaccine in a late-stage trial has failed, researchers announced Wednesday, dealing a significant blow to the effort to control the global HIV epidemic and adding to a decadeslong roster of failed attempts.

Even before he was carried off the field, posts amassing millions of views began circulating online claiming without evidence that complications from COVID-19 vaccines caused his health emergency.

A team of researchers from the University of Houston said that they have created a potential fentanyl vaccine, according to a new study. See what they found and how it works.

Local health officials are pushing for residents to get vaccinated against both the flu and COVID-19 ahead of the winter months, NBC 5’s Marion Brooks reports.

Following the FDA’s approval of the updated bivalent COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11, Walgreens is now offering appointments for the updated shot for children in that age range.

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease.

Top U.S. health officials say the country’s monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped despite rising case numbers and limited vaccine supplies.

After isolating for five days with mild COVID-19 symptoms, President Joe Biden said he was “feeling great” and credited vaccines, boosters and therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid for his swift recovery.

Polio is the state of paralysis caused by the highly contagious poliovirus. Here’s what you need to know to protect your family.

The CDC has recommended the Novavax COVID-10 vaccine for adults ages 18 and up, providing more options and flexibility for the public.

Some researchers think it’s time to add another common side effect to the list: temporary menstrual changes.