Tuberculosis is making headlines as the contagious respiratory disease spreads in the Midwest. Kansas is currently facing one ...

Health officials have confirmed the first pertussis, also called whooping cough, death in Washington since 2011.

HCM City's health sector is closely monitoring the epidemic situation at medical facilities and proactively implementing measures to prevent and combat flu.

The author says rollback of vaccines is troubling. Already Rhode Island reported its first case of measles in more than a ...

COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of life. Although tens of thousands of cases continue to occur each week, the world ...

SRHD says a child under the age of 5 died in November 2024 and the CDC confirmed that pertussis was the cause of death.

Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children <5 years of age globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines ... Health Organization recommendations for 3 ...

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has lowered the recommended age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to ...

A surge in respiratory and mosquito-borne illnesses drove an increase in health risks in 2024. COVID infections climbed, fueled by new variants like KP.3 and LB.1, though hospitalizations remained low ...

The winter flu season features two types of influenza. Here's what you need to know about them and how they differ.

Those typically start in schools and then spread to the adults in the family. And she's seen mycoplasma pneumonia, also known as walking pneumonia, which is a bacterial infection. Allergies also ...