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The U.S. FDA recently approved FluMist as a self or caregiver-administered nasal spray flu vaccine to prevent Influenza ...

As health officials brace for a potential uptick in COVID cases this fall, we asked the experts to answer your COVID FAQs.

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday that it has received a supply of the 2024-2025 formula COVID-19 ...

Infections caused by the latest variant have symptoms including fever, chills, fatigue, cough, congestion and headache.

Antibodies provided by mpox vaccination all but disappear within six to 12 months, new research finds, underscoring the need ...

San Diego County health officials Sunday reported their first case of locally acquired dengue virus, contracted by an ...

The Allegheny County Health Department on Monday announced a new respiratory virus dashboard where people can find data on ...

Although mosquitos might not be flying around right now, West Nile virus peaks at the end of the summer and early fall.

The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health ...

Over the summer, cases of EEE spread across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and other New England states, each also breaking ...

No additional locally acquired cases have been identified, although there have been at least 49 reported cases of ...