RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced updates to the Commonwealth’s immunization schedule following new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine is ready to be administered at Logan Square Health Center in Chicago on May 9, 2019. Antonio Perez Chicago Tribune file/TNS It’s never been a more confusing ...

The Virginia Department of Health is adopting the CDC's updated immunization schedule. The COVID-19 vaccine is now recommended based on shared decision-making for people 6 months and older. The ...

In a post on his social media platform last month, President Donald Trump argued for breaking up the combined vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella “into three totally separate shots,” having ...

The vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to look into the timing of other childhood vaccine schedules, soon after it voted to delay the measles, ...

A top health official has suggested breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In response to President Donald Trump’s recent statement warning about pregnant women's use of ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Kano State Government, has announced the launch of Nigeria's most ambitious integrated vaccination campaign targeting ...

My grandmother’s baby brother died of diphtheria. Another of her brothers died during World War I, of what was then called the Spanish flu. I am old enough to remember patients in iron lungs due to ...

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, yesterday officially flagged off the National Measles-Rubella Vaccine Introduction Integrated Campaign in Abuja. She said the exercise was a collective resolve ...

On September 3, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school. Current Florida law and the state’s ...

Acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill on Monday called on vaccine manufacturers to develop separate shots for measles, mumps and rubella instead of the current vaccine, which combines the three. O’Neill ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The new acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced changes to the ...