Whooping cough cases are more than double those seen at the same time last year, with 8,064 cases recorded nationwide so far ...

Women in their 20s are also having fewer children. Births among women ages 20 to 24 fell from about 106 per 1,000 in 2007 to ...

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how ...

The fertility rate, approximately 1.6 births per woman, is well below the 2.1 births needed to maintain the country’s ...

Measles cases are likely being underreported in the U.S. as public health officials scramble to find resources to manage a ...

Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...

Texas health officials said Tuesday reported measles cases have now surpassed 600 with most of it affecting children and ...

Diagnosed cases of autism in the United States are seeing an uptick, according to new data by the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The programs range from prevention of birth defects like spina bifida and congenital heart defects, to preventing over 30,000 people with hemophilia from suffering bleeding crises while protecting the ...

Under direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC is considering changes to its recommendations on vaccines ...

The news comes as the U.S. battles a new strain of norovirus and cruise lines face an upsurge in onboard outbreaks. The VSP’s ...

The U.S. fertility rate grew by less than 1% -- close to a record low -- as 3,622,673 babies were born in 2024, according to ...