The leading group of pediatricians in the U.S. continues to recommend kids get shots to protect them from 18 diseases.

Exercise Can Extend Life, , Even for the Elderly, , New Study Finds. The study was conducted by researchers at the U.S.

Abraham, 71, was surgeon general of Louisiana, where he canceled that state’s long-standing mass vaccination promotion ...

PROTECTING PEOPLE: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae ...

The Jan. 5 White House graphic showed two babies, each surrounded by needles, with the text: "European Country: 11 injections. United States: 72 injections." ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are shaking up the childhood vaccine recommendation schedule, but some pediatricians have concerns about the move.

More than two decades ago, measles—a highly contagious and potentially deadly childhood disease—was declared eliminated in ...