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The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine advisers.…

The hearing, held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee – which voted Thursday to advance the nominations of Trump’s picks to lead two other health agencies, the…

When Pastor Landon Schott attended a school board meeting for Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy last week, he found the room filled with balloons and T-shirts. The celebratory shirts read: #1…

The agency will conduct the study using the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which monitors safety of vaccines and investigates rare and serious adverse events, The Washington Post reported, citing two people…

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus can…

Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in…

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization said Covid-19 was a pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was already spreading around the world — and changing the world: health, science and…

Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby New Mexico county. One hundred ninety-eight measles cases have been reported in the West Texas…

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense confirmation hearing Thursday that, if confirmed as FDA commissioner, he plans to evaluate…

Health officials in New Mexico are investigating the cause of death of an unvaccinated person who tested positive for measles, the state health department said Thursday. The Lea County resident…