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The campaign’s end comes days after the Senate confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime skeptic of vaccines.

By Dr. Stephen Palte, Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare of Tennessee Amid some of the coldest months of the year, many of us will layer up with our heaviest coats, gloves and blankets. The ...

If you’re older, you may get a more severe infection than a younger person would, especially if you have an underlying chronic condition.” While vaccines don’t prevent older adults from getting ...

Following similar deals in countries like the United States and the U.K., Canada is bolstering its stockpile of bird flu ...

Influenza is overtaking Covid-19 as the deadlier virus in the US this winter - the first time in five years the seasonal ...

Canada reported its first domestically acquired human case of bird flu on Nov. 9, 2024. The teenage patient became very ill, ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy for fighting the bird flu ...

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts ...

A popular awareness campaign now in its second year that encouraged people to get flu vaccines to reduce their risk of severe ...

Experts warn that Americans may be more vulnerable to pathogens carried by plants, animals, and people. Meanwhile, the CDC is ending a successful campaign designed to encourage people to receive the ...