According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 10.3 million people were infected with measles and 107,500 died. Most were unvaccinated people or children younger than five. Cases were most ...

HHS head and longtime vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the outbreak’s severity while his organization blamed the vaccines themselves.

Bates, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, agreed "it is not merely that the lack of information makes it harder for her to do her job. Dr. Liou cannot effectively do her job to address a ...

A temporary pause in federal funds for a 9/11 cancer study from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset ...

One day after the Department of Veterans Affairs celebrated an estimated $2 billion in savings on canceled contracts, the ...

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The measles outbreak in Texas has been steadily growing over the past few weeks, and health officials in Texas announced Wednesday that a school-aged child died after testing positive for the virus.

An outbreak of measles in Texas has infected 124 people so far — 18 of whom have subsequently been hospitalized and one who ...

A child who was hospitalized with measles in Texas has died, state health officials said Wednesday. It marks the first death ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.

CDC staff received an email this week telling them to avoid using more than a dozen terms or words -- including "health ...