Dr. Joseph Cafone

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New 1-day surgery removes cancer and reconstructs the breast in the same operation

PHOTO: A female patient at a doctor's office in an undated stock photo. — STOCK PHOTO/Adobe

A hard-to-spot breast cancer now makes up more than 1 in 10 cases in the US: Report

PHOTO: A patient is receivies a breast cancer screening in an undated stock photo. — STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

40 years of breast cancer awareness has saved over half million lives and counting

PHOTO: Close up of a doctor using ultrasound scanner performing examination of breast for her patient. — STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images

Why dense breasts matter for breast cancer detection and prevention

PHOTO: Neurons in dementia, conceptual illustration — Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Preliminary but promising gene therapy shows 75% reduction in Huntington's disease progression

PHOTO: Members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices are seen during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Chamblee, Georgia. — Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

CDC panel abandons COVID vaccine recommendation, saying it's a personal choice

PHOTO: In this Sept. 29, 2023, file photo, the Hepatitis B vaccine is shown in Atlanta. — Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE

CDC advisers vote to restrict MMRV vaccine options for younger children, delay vote on hepatitis B vaccine

PHOTO: A Twinrix syringe for the prophylaxis against hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus from a pharmacy. — Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images, FILE

Why doctors say the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is still necessary

PHOTO: Acting director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jim O'Neill. — CDC

CDC's acting director tells staff to treat Americans 'as adults who can make their own informed decisions'

PHOTO: In this Jan. 29, 2022, file photo, a health care administer gives the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a person at the L.A. Care Health Plan free testing and vaccination site in Los Angeles. — Shannon Stapleton/Reuters, FILE

Getting a COVID vaccine just got more complicated after new FDA restrictions

PHOTO: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2025. — Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

RFK Jr. said US children receive up to 92 vaccine doses. How many shots do kids really get?

PHOTO: An elderly person in the hospital in an undated stock photo. — STOCK PHOTO/Adobe

CDC finds 4% drop in US death rate in 2024. Experts say decline may be due to COVID

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