In the wake of the Trump administration’s rollback of tobacco prevention efforts, researchers are calling on state lawmakers ...

Massachusetts health officials reported 193 flu-related deaths this season, including six children, with flu activity peaking ...

Following the CDC’s downgrade of the childhood vaccination schedule, pediatricians are warning it could have impacts on ...

Ongoing measles outbreaks in multiple parts of the country are threatening the United States’ status as a nation that has ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics still recommends protecting kids against 18 different diseases, including those removed ...

Seven prominent medical associations on Monday sued to reverse changes to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood vaccine recommendations.

Medical groups seek to block CDC vaccine schedule changes, challenging the legality of reduced childhood immunization recommendations.

The CDC estimates there have been at least 19 million cases so far this season.

Governor Maura Healey announced Jan. 14 that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will not enact the Center for ...

The CDC reports 52 children have died from the flu so far this season. The agency said Friday that 90 percent of those children did not get the flu shot and experts say the numbers put pediatric flu ...

At least 245 new cases have been recorded, CDC data shows.

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