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Changes to hepatitis B vaccine recommendations could leave millions of children vulnerable: Study
Hepatitis B being ready to be administered at the city's immunization and travel clinic in San Francisco, Calif., Septem...
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Nigeria confirms its 1st Ebola case as Kenya reports 9th infection: Health officials
Blood samples from Ebola patient. (Getty Images stock photo)Nigeria is confirming its first Ebola case as an outbreak co...
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Why MS can be hard to diagnose, after Christina Applegate reveals misdiagnosis
Five years after revealing she was diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS), actress Christina App...
Oct 20, 2026

What to know about changes to Medicare plans as open enrollment begins
An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. (Kayla B...
Oct 20, 2026

More than 4,400 measles cases reported in US as CDC plans to send 'disease detective' to Pennsylvania
(Getty Images stock photo/DigitalVision)More than 4,400 measles cases have been reported in the U.S., according to an up...
Oct 16, 2026

2 West Nile virus deaths reported in North Carolina: Officials
A female Culex tarsalis mosquito is shown in a close right anterior-oblique view, Aug, 28, 2017. (CDC/Smith Collection/G...
Oct 14, 2026

GLP-1s may help boost fertility outcomes for hopeful mothers, some women find
Weight loss injection pen medications. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)After years of fertili...
Oct 14, 2026

As measles continues to spread, health officials are seeing vaccine interest rise
Instructions for a measles vaccination are seen outside of the Lubbock Public Health facility on April 9, 2025, in Lubbo...
Oct 13, 2026

Mini organs launching to space may help future astronauts and humans on Earth stay healthy
NASA.govMiniature organs being sent into space for the very first time may soon help scientists understand how spaceflig...
Oct 13, 2026

US surpasses 4,000 measles cases with infections confirmed in 45 states: CDC
Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium o...
Oct 9, 2026

CDC says measures in place to 'assess' travelers from Russian region where plague was reported
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Megan Varner/Bloomb...
Oct 8, 2026

Health officials report 74 new measles cases in Pennsylvania
(Getty Images stock photo)Pennsylvania is reporting 74 new measles cases since Monday, the state's health department sai...
Oct 8, 2026
