The MMRV combination vaccine is associated with “a small increased risk” of febrile seizures after the first dose, according to the CDC. These findings led ACIP to change its guidance in 2009 to show ...

Students have long been required to receive vaccinations for once-common childhood illnesses like polio and measles. What if ...

A generation ago, infectious childhood diseases were nearly wiped out in the U.S., thanks to immunization programs. In the ...

An emerging patchwork of federal and state recommendations on childhood vaccines is likely to create gaps in immunizations ...

Access to COVID-19 shots is the big question as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's new vaccine advisers meet again Friday.

The public health world is nervously bracing for drastic changes to childhood immunization schedules, which would further limit access to vaccines, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

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The county health department said the death is a "painful reminder" of how dangerous measles can be in unvaccinated people.

Three more measles cases have been reported in Minnesota in the past week. The Minnesota Department of Health said the new cases all involved unvaccinated children who live in Dakota County. All three ...