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Vaccinations are key amid recent measles outbreaks in the U.S., including Michigan. Here's a look at what to know.

The shingles vaccine reduced dementia risk by 20 percent in a recent study. The vaccine’s protective effect against dementia was more pronounced in women. Shingles vaccination is recommended for ...

That is why physicians like Dr. Christian recommend the pneumococcal vaccine. "We know that this helps to prevent you from getting really sick, and it can help prevent folks from ending up in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation’s top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s team unrestricted access to a ...

On social media, Kennedy said the best way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine. DALLAS - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a trip to Texas on Sunday to ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been widely maligned – and celebrated, depending who you ask – as a vaccine skeptic. So when he wrote in a post on X on Sunday ...

Despite countless studies, solutions remain scarce. But now, a common shingles vaccine might provide an unexpected answer. In a groundbreaking study involving health records from Wales ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now recommending the measles vaccine to help stop the spread of the current measles outbreak. This comes after an 8-year-old in Texas died of ...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has delayed the full approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. The decision had been expected by April 1 ...

The federal government had yanked funding, she learned, and her position — supporting vaccination efforts for uninsured children through a network of more than 60 providers — was gone.