Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

The spread of influenza and other respiratory infectious illnesses has been increasing in recent weeks across China, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Some ...

DERBY, England, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Global Handwashing Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF launched the first global guidelines for hand hygiene in community settings — a ...

The changes include individual-based-decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination in individuals not at risk and standalone vaccination for varicella in toddlers. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially updated guidelines for COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccines based on recommendations made last month by the agency's vaccine advisory ...

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 ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s hand-picked CDC advisory panel is meeting today as it considers changes to vaccine guidelines. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports more details. Senior Scholar at ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhauled vaccine panel voted on Thursday to no longer recommend a combination shot protecting against chickenpox, measles, mumps and rubella for young ...

Members also decided not to require a prescription for the COVID-19 vaccine. A panel of vaccine advisers on Friday voted to abandon its previous universal recommendation for annual COVID-19 vaccine ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisors to the CDC plan to vote on changes to the childhood vaccine schedule during its two-day meeting according ...