In a close vote, U.S. health experts ended a long-standing rule that gave nearly every newborn a hepatitis B vaccine right ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 32 jurisdictions are showing "high" or "very high" levels of flu.

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years ...

Kansas has been upgraded from “low” to “high” on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly flu surveillance ...

The CDC estimates there have been at least ​7.5 million illnesses, ​81,000 hospitalizations and ​3,100 deaths from flu so far ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

The CDC has officially ended its recommendation for the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Experts say the decision upends more than three decades of vaccination policy in the United States and will ...

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory ...

After a year of major shifts in the federal government’s policy toward vaccines, Americans are now more likely to trust the ...

At least 64 cases in 22 states have been identified so far, though the true toll is "likely much higher," CDC health ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Flu numbers are up this week in Kansas, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for ...