The Trump administration's severe cuts to CDC funding have significantly contributed to the lack of consistent and reliable public health messaging, some experts say ...

A Mexican nurse prepares a dose of the measles vaccine, as people queue to receive the measles vaccine outside the Palacio de Bellas Artes, as health authorities in Mexico ...

As measles ravages the US, a new case study in the New England Journal of Medicine has shed light on a terrifying side effect that can lurk and kill years after infection.

Human metapneumovirus, a little-known respiratory virus, is circulating in Northern California as flu and COVID cases decline.

California is sounding big alarms as measles, one of the most contagious diseases known to medicine, races through pockets of unvaccinated communities.

In Santa Cruz County, WastewaterSCAN data shows the highest levels reported in three years worth of data.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease. There is currently no vaccine to prevent it, and no specific antiviral therapy ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies ...

Measles cases in Washington have surged, with 1,136 reported in early 2026, primarily among unvaccinated youth. As health ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration.

Scientists are cheering California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he builds a public health bulwark against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance and President Donald Trump’s withdrawal ...