After pushback, the agency reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application after all.
February 18, 2026
NIH director temporarily steps in to run CDC
February 18, 2026
The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official
February 18, 2026
FDA reverses course and will review Moderna’s mRNA flu shot, company says
February 18, 2026
Covid, carnage and convalescence: Why one athlete’s extraordinary journey to the Olympics took 16 years
February 17, 2026
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is ending the work of a task force she set up less than a year ago to look for ways to improve the nation's intelligence agencies
February 11, 2026
The Mexican state of Jalisco has issued a health alert and mandated face masks in schools due to a measles outbreak in the state capital
February 05, 2026
Confusion remains after Trump administration abruptly halts public health funding to cities and states, then reverses course
January 24, 2026
A particularly infectious subvariant of influenza is keeping emergency room numbers high and causing especially severe illness in children.
January 16, 2026
Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance
January 15, 2026
The 2025-26 ‘super’ flu can come with vomiting and diarrhea, alongside the more typical aches and pains of flu.
January 13, 2026
Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children
January 10, 2026
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus
December 30, 2025
The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know
December 30, 2025
Tested positive for flu this holiday season? Here’s what you should do
December 23, 2025
Federal officials are questioning the safety of the vaccine series children receive. Here’s the story of how the childhood vaccine schedule came about.
December 18, 2025
In the past year, tens of thousands hostile to immigrants marched through London chanting “send them home!”
December 14, 2025
It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most others
December 12, 2025
US facing second measles surge this year as outbreak accelerates in South Carolina
December 10, 2025
A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety
December 03, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times in an interview that he personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don’t cause autism
November 21, 2025
The ‘Wicked: For Good’ press tour gave Ariana Grande something wicked (it’s Covid)
November 21, 2025
By Siddharth Cavale -In 2020, as COVID-19 raged, John Furner - then chief of Walmart's largest U.S. division - consulted colleagues in China, drawing on their pandemic playbook to swiftly adjust
November 14, 2025
North Korean leader deploys 50 new rocket launchers ahead of major party congress
Inside the bribery plot that led to a DEA supervisor's downfall in the Dominican Republic
Democrats recruit popular content creators in new strategy to win back Latino voters
Rubio plans to update Netanyahu on US-Iran talks in Israel next week, officials say
Another Canadian Conservative lawmaker defects to Carney's governing Liberals
Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge
Air Force One will be painted red, white and blue as Trump has hinted, US military says
Charlotte's LaMelo Ball not injured after 2-car crash in downtown Charlotte, AP source says