Measles can spread incredibly fast — it's one of the world's most contagious diseases, more than flu, polio, COVID, or just about any other infectious disease.

The good news is that influenza A — the strain predominantly circulating in Miami-Dade County and the rest of Florida — is one of three targeted by the 2024-2025 flu vaccine. The shot is trivalent, ...

Start with your health-care provider, parents or caregiver to find out about your childhood vaccinations. And learn which vaccines you could get as an adult.

Veteran vaccine researcher Arturo Casadevall gives a podcast primer on vaccinations, from how they work on a molecular level to common misconceptions ...

Researchers at Yale University in a small, yet to be published study found that Covid vaccines were linked to a rare ...

Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript February 20, 2025 Dynavax Technologies Corporation reports earnings inline with expectations ...

Wisconsin has not reported a measles case since April 2024, though vaccination rates for the disease are lagging.

President Donald Trump this month issued an executive order prohibiting discretionary federal funds from going to schools and ...

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Prior to vaccine availability, RSV was a significant cause of illness and hospitalization in older adults in the U.S., ...

Wisconsin's particularly acute flu season follows a nationwide trend, as flu cases in the U.S. hit a 15-year high last week, ...

Stephanie Mauro, now 76 years old, has had multiple sclerosis for more than 40 years. In 2020, when COVID-19 first appeared in the United States, her condition had worsened to the point where her ...