The type of seizure you have depends on what area and how much of the brain's electrical activity is affected.

On Sept. 18, the vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its ...

A federal vaccine advisory committee made up of members hand-picked by Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommended in an 8-3 vote on Thursday that the combined measles, mumps ...

The CDC's vaccine advisors on Thursday recommended that toddlers receive separate immunizations for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), and for varicella, or chickenpox. By a vote of 8-3, the Advisory ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices may vote to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule, despite what experts say is a lack of evidence to do so. When you purchase through links on our ...

Members of a key vaccine panel have delayed a pivotal vote regarding the hepatitis B vaccine, while voting to amend recommendations to combination shots that target measles, mumps, rubella and ...

Babies under 3 months old have immature immune systems, so parents should talk to their doctors before administering any medication, UC Davis Health’s Children’s Hospital pediatrician Dr. Lena van der ...

You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease develop in the United ...

Doctors need reliable ways to predict seizure risk after a first unprovoked seizure, to help guide diagnosis and treatment. This is especially important because a diagnosis of epilepsy can now be made ...

For one thing, speed is of the essence. For one thing, speed is of the essence. Credit...Photo illustration by Heami Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Maggie Lange In 2021, Kira Benson, a ...

For the 2025 Texas Longhorns, the early bye week can go one of two ways: they use it as an opportunity to build off the performance they had against the Sam Houston State Bearkats and get better, or ...

In recent years, there has been significant debate about whether ADHD is over-diagnosed. Studies indicate that over-diagnosis of ADHD occurs more often in children and adolescents, especially those ...