A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has reported that they also ...

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

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Health officials identified three contacts, including two healthcare workers, who were closely monitored after a bird flu ...

Maternal mortality rates have risen across the nation—at an 11% clip from 2019 to 2022, CDC data show. In Texas, the number ...

Omicron variant KP.3.1.1, also known as deFLuQE, made up over half (52.7%) of COVID-19 cases between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14. However, XEC and a variant known as MV.1 seem poised to become the next ...

Hepatitis C is an illness caused when the hepatitis C virus (HCV) enters a person’s body and is spread through blood. Many people with hepatitis C do not look or ...

The winter season ushers in a new globally spreading COVID-19 variant called XEC, a mix of KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, both from the ...

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of omicron’s features, too — like less severe symptoms and easy transmissibility.

People ages 6 months and older should receive a vaccine every year. It is also recommended that people over 65 years old get ...

FluMist is a nasal spray manufactured by AstraZeneca that has been used to protect against influenza in the United States ...

Commemorating September as the suicide prevention month, here is how you can help people dealing with suicidal thoughts. Disponible en Español.