The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert Wednesday due to a rise in whooping cough (pertussis) cases in the Americas, urging stronger epidemiological surveillance and improved ...

Michigan has reported 497 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. According to a June 5 news release from the ...

Republicans’ severe cuts to health care funding in the domestic spending and tax cut bill just passed by Congress has raised ...

For decades, one of the world’s most contagious diseases was considered eradicated in the U.S. But now measles is roaring ...

I was literally nauseated by Kennedy’s remarks” about Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.

The United States will stop sending money to global pediatric vaccination initiative Gavi due to RFK Jr's concerns about vaccine safety.

Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

This could be America’s future if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his rampage against public health—and it may arrive much ...

Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, in 2024 surpassed totals seen in recent years and marked the highest case count since the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 6 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's disease, a number predicted to rise as our population ages.