The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for adults for 2025 have been published.

I just got the new COVID-19 booster, and the nurse said hardly anyone is getting the updated shot this year. I’ m not surprised because after years of headlines, COVID-19 is gone from the news. In the ...

If you’ve heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it’s easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak ...

Outbreaks among the unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even vaccinated adults may ...

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to our monthly letters column. Flu season in the United States peaks during December, January and February, so please take precautions. We recently wrote about several ...

In New York, the vaccination rate among people 65 and older for surveys taken between Oct. 27 and Nov. 30 was 36.8%, up from ...

If you've heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it's easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak strikes fear in a parent's heart. Babies can wind up hospitalized or even die ...

Infants typically receive the vaccine in a three-dose series of DTap shots between two and six months of age, then two more boosters by age 6. Adolescents and adults should get a Tdap booster every 10 ...

Vaccines to protect against RSV in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public, while ...

But that’s not always how serious illness plays out. Children who need to be on ventilators, have tracheostomies or ...

Stormont’s Health Minister Mike Nesbitt announced on Tuesday that the flu vaccination programme would be extended to all ...