Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string of increases.

Governors in other states have responded more forcefully to the growing measles case count. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to find the root causes of autism by September. Researchers and patient groups say they haven ...

The estimated rate of autism in the United States rose in 2022, a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday, a trend the authors attributed to improved ...

As the Texas measles outbreak continues, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the disease "should not" kill healthy children. A Utah ...

Kennedy Jr. will discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest numbers on rising autism rates among ...

Pediatric infectious diseases experts stress the importance of vaccination against measles, one of the most contagious viruses, which is once more spreading in the United States.

Since January 2025, the United States has been confronting its most significant measles outbreak in over a decade. The disease, declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, has been confirmed to ...

When the nation’s top health official endorsed the measles vaccine, his comments made waves because he has spent 20 years making false claims that vaccines are unsafe.

The total measles cases in Texas increased by 20 since Friday to 561 since late January, which leads the nation by a wide ...

Whooping cough is spread through respiratory droplets from an infected person and is mitigated by vaccination, which was first introduced in the 1940s. The modern DTaP vaccine aids in protection ...