Dr. Adam Ratner has heard a lot of myths and misunderstandings about measles in his decades as a New York City pediatric ...

Vaccination not only safeguards the health of individuals but also preserves the collective health of our communities, ...

I am a baby boomer who was born in 1949. I was vaccinated against polio as soon as it was available, and I was most likely exposed to ...

Recently on Reddit, older adults shared their experiences with "childhood diseases" like measles and polio when they were growing up back in the day, and it's so important that we don't ignore ...

Asthma affects more than 6% of U.S. children, making it the most common chronic disease in kids nationwide. It's difficult to ...

Amid the worst U.S. measles outbreak in years, Vermont health officials have raised concerns about the state’s not-quite-high enough childhood vaccination rate.

The explanation of Alzheimer's, given the span of the disease, could become more of an ongoing process for the child rather ...

Further genetic testing would show that Sophie has one of a group of rare conditions called CODE (congenital diarrhea and enteropathies) that disrupts the function of cells in the intestine, causing ...

Adult antibody thresholds are currently used to determine whether immunocompromised children should get a measles, mumps, and ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, after holding steady above 95% for a decade, the percentage of kindergarten-aged children who have received a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR ...

More than 172,000 people overall were reported to have new and relapsed cases of the disease in the 53 countries, including ...