He urges parents to trust the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the best way to prevent infection. Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm there ...

In 2020, as the pandemic began, a greater share of U.S. cancers were caught at later stages, when they’re harder to treat.

KENNEDY, in interview with Sean Hannity that aired on Fox News on March 11: “There are adverse events from the vaccine. It ...

The highest figure we found for people with autism severe enough to pose significant challenges to daily living was about one-quarter of the autistic population. More frequently, academic estimates ...

The Health and Human Services secretary defended his claims about children with autism that drew backlash last week, saying ...

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

Under direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC is considering changes to its recommendations on vaccines ...

Among all the states in the United States, the Pelican State is the third-lowest in terms of life expectancy, per recent ...

A KFF Health News analysis underscores how the terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically ...

Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...

Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...

Three more states confirmed their first measles cases of the year over the weekend, as the United States battles a growing ...