One of the most pivotal aspects of children’s health is vaccination, particularly those entering school. Immunizations protect not only individual children but also the wider community by preventing ...

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As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, a new analysis finds that nearly a third of young ...

A federal judge in Rhode Island says she'll temporarily block the Trump administration from cutting billions in federal ...

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Governor Josh Shapiro announced Pennsylvania's participation in a multistate lawsuit to protect public health after the Trump ...

In 2000, the World Health Organization reported that measles had been eliminated in the United States. Today, however, rising ...

A federal judge says she will temporarily block the Trump administration’s attempt to cut billions in public health funding, ...

The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000—but that hard-won achievement is now under threat. To contain the current outbreak, some ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services cut $2 billion from a program that supports vaccines for ...

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