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FDA expands approval of Moderna's RSV vaccine to some adults under age 60
Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded its approval of Moderna's res...
Jun 13, 2025

RFK Jr. has promoted 'freedom of choice' while limiting vaccines, food
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Prior to becoming Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had espoused the idea of "medic...
Jun 06, 2025

Baby saved by gene-editing therapy 'graduates' from hospital, goes home
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia(PHILADELPHIA) -- KJ Muldoon, a 10-month-old baby who sparked nationwide headlines after receiving a first-of-its k...
Jun 04, 2025

4-year-old from Mexico receiving 'lifesaving medical treatment' can remain in US: Lawyer
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(BAKERSFIELD, CA) -- A 4-year-old girl receiving "lifesaving medical treatment" in the Uni...
Jun 04, 2025

Trump administration rescinds Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to perform emergency abortions
Allison Joyce/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration announced on Tuesday it is rescinding Biden-era guidance that uses a federal law to...
Jun 04, 2025

1st measles case of the year in South Dakota as CDC updates travel guidance
Natalya Maisheva via Getty Images(MEADE COUNTY, SD) -- South Dakota has reported its first case of measles this year. The state is now the 33rd in the...
Jun 03, 2025

Most US counties saw decline in childhood MMR vaccination rates: Report
Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Most counties in the United States have seen a decline in childhood measles, mumps and rubella ...
Jun 02, 2025

Another COVID-19 variant is rising abroad. Doctors say there's no need to panic
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, a descendent of the Omicron variant, are on the rise in some parts o...
May 28, 2025

RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women -- and why it matters
Franklin Jacome/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19...
May 28, 2025

Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than five years after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the United States, hundreds of people ...
May 24, 2025