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In New York alone, there have already been more than 17,000 flu cases and nearly 1,000 hospitalizations, and doctors ...

The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel has delayed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, prompting local health officials ...

Northeast health leaders say CDC's shift on vaccines, autism was "inconsistent with decades of research" and may lead to ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times in an interview that he personally directed the U.S. Centers ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A highly contagious virus that spread rapidly across New York City last winter may make a resurgence.

Former US public health officials are sounding alarms about significant changes being made to the country’s vaccine policy ...

A reshaped CDC website suggesting that vaccines cause autism has appalled the medical community.

New York health leaders sharply condemned a major shift in federal vaccine messaging this week, accusing the CDC of promoting ...

New cases of alpha-gal syndrome -- a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat -- suggest that more tick species may be to blame than initially ...

A New Jersey feather has died after eating a hamburger, become the first known fatality from a meat allergy that’s caused by tick bites. The 47-year-old victim suffered from alpha-gal syndrome, a rare ...