In more recent decades, the diagnostic criteria for autism have broadened, producing a spectrum ranging from severe impacts to more modest ones. Today’s definition encompasses “individuals with milder ...

Dr. Ali Sherif normally gives about 50 doses of the measles vaccine to children each month at his clinic in Hobbs, New Mexico ...

As measles cases continue to increase in the United States, this is what you should know about symptoms and your MMR vaccine ...

One of the best ways to avoid getting sick is quite simple, according to Prianka Chawla, MD, Primary Care Physician at Tufts ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cuts to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have imperiled hurricane ...

Shira Doron, MD, MS, is an infectious diseases physician at Tufts Medical Center and the Chief Infection Control Officer for ...

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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

Injury is the leading cause of death for people under the age of 45. But much of the staff at the CDC responsible for studying how to track and prevent injuries were cut during the recent firings.

On April 1, all 27 scientists part of an Atlanta-based CDC lab investigating hepatitis outbreaks received an email from the U ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is struggling to keep up with requests for help from states responding ...

The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or ...