Longtime anti-vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy was confirmed Tuesday as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.

While children under five, particularly those under two, are the most vulnerable, pneumococcal diseases also affect adults. The most common symptoms include cough, chills and fever.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for adults for 2025.

Dr. Matthew Simmons, UPMC Western Maryland vice president of medical staff affairs, said vaccines provide the "single most powerful intervention" that have saved lives. He recently discussed the ...

County public health officials are reminding everyone, particularly families with children and teenagers, that it is not too ...

Dr. Matthew Simmons, UPMC Western Maryland vice president of medical staff affairs, said vaccines provide the “single most ...

Issa, M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues issued the ACIP-approved "Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and ... serogroup B vaccines, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, and ...