“Our top recommendation for protecting yourself and your loved ones from respiratory illness is to get vaccinated,” CDC ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Dr. Dave Weldon, a former congressman from Florida who has questioned vaccine safety ...

The CDC's HICPAC advisory committee seems intent on rolling back infection control precautions in healthcare settings, ...

The CDC lowered the age for the pneumonia vaccination from 65 to 50 and recommended an extra COVID shot to some people.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert this week to health care workers to be aware of mpox symptoms ...

Informed by a new study, the CDC recommends testing dairy and poultry farmworkers exposed to H5N1-infected animals even if ...

The CDC said Thursday it is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed animals infected with bird flu.

The health agency has lowered the age recommendation for the shot from 65 to 50. Some who've already had the shot may need ...

Wednesday's recommendation comes as respiratory infections caused by the bacteria mycoplasma pneumoniae are rising across the U.S., especially in children, according to the CDC. That marks a ...

In October, the CDC lowered the age recommendation for the vaccine against pneumonia. Before, it was 65 and older. The health agency now says you should get the shot at age 50. KERA’s Sam Baker ...

The recommendation is a 15-year drop from the CDC’s former recommendation that people get the shot at 65. “Pneumococcal disease is common in young children, but older adults are at greatest ...

“The CDC’s decision to lower the age-based vaccination recommendations to begin at age 50 has the potential to be a practice-changing milestone. This recommendation is a significant step ...