Dr. Dowdle, a microbiologist who became the No. 2 official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helped lead the ...

In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and ...

Gareth O'Callaghan on living with COPD, the return of flu and covid, and why vaccine misinformation — especially from RFK Jr ...

Bird flu may be particularly severe in humans because it is resistant to one of the body’s most important defence systems, a ...

New research reveals that the bird flu viruses may be capable of replicating at temperatures higher than an average fever, a ...

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The Alabama Dept. of Public Health is urging Alabamians to be aware of respiratory illnesses that can spread quickly during ...

Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.

A new H3N2 flu variant could bypass vaccine immunity, raising concerns for a rougher flu season as holiday travel begins and ...

One of the body’s key defenses against infection is a fever, raising its internal temperature to make it harder for viruses ...