The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which meets three times a year, will likely vote to shift eligibility requirements for immunizations at its second meeting of 2025. Elijah ...

The panel recommended that people consult a health professional before receiving a Covid vaccine. Left unclear was whether Americans can still walk into pharmacies for shots. By Apoorva Mandavilli ...

You can use your Amazon Fire TV Stick to control other smart devices in your home, such as the lights or a thermostat. Here's ...

Follow the latest updates on the former CDC officials' testimony here. Our earlier coverage is below. Susan Monarez, the ousted former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plans ...

The committee that offers vaccine advice to the nation’s top public health agency voted Friday against recommending the updated COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 6 months or older, instead leaving the ...

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. ATLANTA — A federal advisory panel that recommends vaccines for the ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (KVOA) -- An advisory panel to the CDC voted Thursday to tweak recommendations for a measles vaccine that includes protection against the varicella, or chickenpox, virus. The new guidance ...

The panel said the vaccine, which includes protection against chickenpox, shouldn’t be given to children under age 4 because of a small risk for febrile seizures in younger kids. A closely watched ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee Thursday voted 8-3, with one abstention, to restrict access to a childhood vaccine against chickenpox (varicella) as ...

Health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed five more people to the federal advisory committee that sets national vaccination recommendations. Like the existing ...