(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. is changing which vaccines are recommended for children, slashing the number of shots endorsed for everyone and leaving more decisions in the hands of parents and pediatricians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday a major overhaul of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of routine immunizations recommended for children.

Federal health officials announced an unprecedented shift in the childhood vaccine schedule Monday, reducing the number of shots the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends for ...

At least 20 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Raw oysters have been linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday he is hiring two former top officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who were pushed out by Health and Human Services ...

In a chaotic meeting Thursday rife with misinformation, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel — whose members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired in June and replaced with a group that has largely ...

Daskalakis is the former director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and is principal at Dr Demetre Consulting. Jernigan is the former director of the CDC’s ...

Norovirus cases have risen in the United States in recent weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 14% of tests for the illness came back positive during ...

Dr. Ralph Abraham has been Louisiana's surgeon general since 2024. A top Louisiana health official has been appointed principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).