A study out of New Mexico finds that untreated wastewater tested positive for the measles virus days before people sought medical care.
Since rotavirus vaccines became available in 2006, severe illness has dropped significantly.
Of 97.1 million verified references in published biomedical papers, more than 4,000 were likely fake, the authors say.
Public health staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet passengers in Tenerife, Spain as they deboard a cruise ship that has been at the center of a hantavirus outbreak.
Roughly 2,200 NIH grants were terminated in 2025 after federal officials began shifting agency priorities.
We have a vaccine that prevents cancer, and one of the biggest fumbles in modern public health was not branding it that way from the start.
Advocates urge parents to vaccinate their children against HPV, which causes 90% of cervical cancers.
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Of the 5 H9N2 avian flu cases, 4 were from China and 1 was reported in Italy.
"It [vaccine shared decision-making directive] creates doubt if you now have to discuss it with your doctor."
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