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Health experts encourage back-to-school vaccinations

With the first day of school right around the corner, health experts are urging families to check their child’s vaccination ...

What parents need to know about vaccines as students return to school

At least eight vaccines are required for Illinois students. As the number of children unvaccinated against measles rises, ...

What you need to know about the cancer-fighting HPV vaccine

Public awareness about the link between human papillomavirus, or HPV, and cancer is low. A doctor explains why its lifesaving ...

Healey proposes $2.45 billion spending bill that would decouple Mass. from RFK Jr.’s CDC on vaccine guidelines

The bill proposes that the Department of Public Health be able to set independent standards should the federal government ...
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It’s almost flu season. Should you still get a shot? Will insurance cover it?

Doctors and public health leaders recommend that most people 6 months old and older get the 2025-26 flu vaccine ...

Blumenthal calls for firing of RFK Jr. ally over violent rhetoric

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is demanding Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr “immediately” fire a key ally from his role as vaccine advisor on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...