The New York State Department of Health stressed that receiving the MMR vaccine is the best way to protect against the virus.
The US District Court in Boston found that the Trump administration can't narrow the definition of medically frail, as enumerated by Congress.
People with a reported penicillin allergy are often prescribed clindamycin, an antibiotic with a black box warning because of its high risk of causing life-threatening bowel infections.
The long-acting shot prevents HIV infection and requires just 2 doses a year.
This week Pennsylvania recorded 88 new infections and Wisconsin 82.
A new study highlights the severity of Zika-related microcephaly, a neurologic condition marked by an abnormally small head.
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