Cape Fear Valley Health has released an updated guide for visitation ahead of Christmas Day in response to an “increase in respiratory illnesses.” In a news ...

For immunocompromised patients who've never had a COVID shot or only had an incomplete series, guidelines from the Advisory ...

Face masks can help to reduce transmission of respiratory viruses such as influenza, according to experts and medical ...

While vaccination will blunt your symptoms and help you avoid infection in the first place, if you are infected, there are ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness — a conclusion top federal health officials have ...

Americans have been warned to exercise caution when traveling as certain regions contend with outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne viral disease called chikungunya. Similar advisories were ...

The CDC’s advisory panel reversed a three decade-long recommendation that all babies receive at birth the first dose of the vaccine for hepatitis B. NBC’s Anne Thompson joins TODAY to break down the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours ...

In a chaotic meeting Thursday rife with misinformation, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel — whose members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired in June and replaced with a group that has largely ...

Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Clinician-collected cervical specimens are still ...

The CDC issued health warnings for India and Haiti after travelers from those countries were diagnosed with rabies. Travelers are advised to avoid contact with dogs, cats, and wild mammals in both ...

The CDC changed its website on Wednesday to suggest there may be a link between vaccines and autism. The site previously stated that studies have shown "there is no link between receiving vaccines and ...