The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, ...

Dr. Francisco “Paco” Tomei-Torres passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 74. Dr. Tomei-Torres was retired, but previously ...

On January 12, around 15,000 nurses walked off their Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian health system jobs in ...

Experts say COVID-era safety provisions are now central to how long-term care homes manage infectious disease.

Six prominent medical associations say they will ask the courts to reverse the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Michigan and 13 other states remain in the CDC's very high classification, but influenza-like illness activity is trending ...

With flu cases and hospitalizations surging across the nation and in the Commonwealth, several Central Virginia hospitals and ...

Even as doctor visits and hospitalizations from the flu decreased, an additional 15 children died last week. Doctors caution ...

Health experts say the U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity.

Ohio ranks among states with very high flu activity. Here's what to know about current case numbers, symptoms, and how to ...

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a major update to the childhood vaccine schedule, ...

Like the flu and COVID, the symptoms of a cold are often coughing, a sore throat, tiredness and sometimes a fever. However, ...