While Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter this year, mosquito season is fast approaching.

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“Unfortunately, we have to ignore everything about vaccines that is coming from our federal government,” said the American Association of Pediatrics' Dr. Sean O’Leary The American Academy of ...

Researchers identify genetic mutation in small group of people who developed the serious disorder after receiving the AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. About one in 200,000 people developed ...

A straightforward case of measles is nasty—but the disease’s complications are even worse. One of those complications has been confirmed in the ongoing, record-breaking measles outbreak in South ...

The Food and Drug Administration has declined to review Moderna’s application for the first mRNA-based flu vaccine, a decision that shocked the company and that comes as the agency plans to tighten ...

Positive thinking may boost the body’s defenses against disease. Increasing activity in a brain region that controls motivation and expectation, specifically the brain’s reward system, is linked with ...

The U.S. will participate in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) upcoming meeting on the composition of the influenza vaccine despite officially withdrawing from the global group last month. The WHO ...

RADNOR TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Radnor Township police are investigating a reported sexual assault at Eastern University. The incident occurred Saturday night inside a residence hall off Eagle Road on the ...

If proven effective in humans, the vaccine could complement standard therapies for HPV-driven cancer, as well as inform the design of therapeutic vaccines for other diseases. When you purchase through ...