Wes Streeting has been told to act “over and above” scientific advice and launch a mass vaccination campaign against meningitis B (MenB) for teenagers. The Health Secretary was urged to immunise young ...

Wastewater surveillance is one key way Utah public health officials know that measles, one of the most contagious illnesses ...

Mashaal Chughtai said her parents made the eight-hour round trip from Birmingham to collect her from the university ...

Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S.

More than 4,500 young people have been vaccinated and over 10,000 treated with antibiotics in a huge drive to tackle a deadly ...

Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a cluster of meningococcal infections, including two deaths.

Residents and students in Canterbury, where the outbreak was centered, said measures to contain the disease were both ...

Florida's measles outbreak, centered in Collier County, shows signs of waning but spring break travel could change that.

Rathore, a leading expert in infectious diseases, discusses the current measles outbreaks in several states, including ...

There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?

It is not necessary for people to privately buy a meningitis vaccine despite an "unprecedented" ongoing outbreak in Kent, the ...

"Falling vaccination rates, inadequate health policy, and a lack of preparedness can trigger a crisis that brings an entire nation to its knees," writes the Governor of Hawaii.