Although symptoms are usually mild, children can “shed” the virus that causes it for a long time (weeks!). Questions are ...

Scientists can now design genetic material called mRNA to help us build immunity to certain viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, ...

A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson called the move "a radical departure from past practices." ...

The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called ...

Amber Schmidtke, a microbiologist, remembers feeling a tinge of relief five years ago as COVID spread across communities. At ...

FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change how ...

Researchers aim to develop a universal vaccine platform that could protect against both COVID-19 and influenza without annual ...

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Thursday celebrated the passage of legislation that includes $250 million in federal funding for a partnership between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Ag ...

Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in ...

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department says it will require placebo testing of "all new vaccines," raising questions ...

When it comes to vaccination, the COVID-19 pandemic divided American society. President Donald Trump and his new Health and ...