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PHOTO: A vial of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccination for children is displayed during an immunization event in Los Angeles, Oct. 24, 2025. — Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Measles vaccine acceptance is mixed amid outbreaks across the US: Experts

PHOTO: In this July 28, 2021, file photo, an aerial view shows deforestation near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. — Amanda Perobelli/Reuters, FILE

Shrinking forests are giving mosquitoes a greater taste for human blood, study suggests

PHOTO: In this July 21, 2007, file photo, the US Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, D.C. — Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images, FILE

Administration reinstates hundreds of health and safety officials who were laid off

PHOTO: Stock photo of a child getting a shot. — Halfpoint Images/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

Some pediatricians are already seeing negative effects of changing vaccine recommendations

PHOTO: Stock photo of a child receiving a shot. — Jackyenjoyphotography/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

5 things for parents to know about changes to kids' vaccine schedule

Nurse/doctor doing Pap smear test. — Peter Dazeley/Getty Images

New federal screening guidance expands cervical cancer testing with an at-home HPV option

PHOTO: Stock photo of a sick woman. — STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

Flu-like illness activity now at highest rate on record, new CDC data shows

PHOTO: This photograph shows the entrance of the bar Le Constellation where a fire ripped through the venue during New Year's celebrations, killing around 40 people and injuring more than 100 others, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Jan. 2, 2026. — Maxime Schmid/AFP via Getty Images

Sparklers may have led to deadly New Year's Swiss resort bar fire, investigators say

PHOTO: In this March 1, 2025, file photo, a tray of the MMR vaccine is shown at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas. — Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images FILE

Children who miss early vaccines more likely to not get the MMR shot by age 2: Study

PHOTO: Tamiflu is shown in this undated file photo. — Matthew Baker/PA Images via Getty Images, FILE

What you need to know about flu treatments as cases spike across the US

PHOTO: Stock image of a person ill with the flu. — Adobe Stock

Flu activity rises sharply across the US with at least 7.5 million illnesses: CDC

PHOTO: Stock photo of a person measuring their waist. — Kinga Krzeminska/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

More than 75% of US adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition: Study

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