It was January when the email came. After a roughly six-month-long hiring process that included fingerprinting and other ...

“Infected people are contagious from 4 days before the rash starts through 4 days afterward. The incubation period for measles, from exposure to fever, is usually about 7-10 days, and from exposure to ...

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.

Opens in a new tab or window Experts raised concerns about the CDC ... definition for the outcome of interest -- in this case, autism," said William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a “call to action” and sent vaccines after the death of a child with measles in ...

Kennedy Jr., recently confirmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will investigate whether ... a pediatrician at MemorialCare Medical Group in Fountain Valley, CA.

“Because people are different, their health and past exposures may mean that a vaccine ... Mazumder told Medscape Medical News. Data on flu activity from the CDC from February 8, 2025, showed ...

The good news: The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, or MMR, is just what the doctor ordered. One MMR dose is considered to ...

The CDC was in the middle of updating a public health surveillance system when the Trump administration started shedding workers. What happens next could exemplify the impact to key government ...

Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known to humans. Just one infected patient can spread measles to up to nine out of 10 susceptible close contacts, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Some major medical associations are pushing back against the Department ... Evans Jr., Ph.D., told ABC News in a statement. “The new restrictive definition of sex ignores decades of science, ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a severe tick-vectored food allergy caused by sensitivity to the galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose ...