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COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country

Flu across the U.S. is at moderate to very high levels this year

A rumor circulating among parents posits that kids are getting sick more frequently now. We dug into the data

"The guardrails have been taken off": Health misinformation is leading to outbreaks in unexpected places

The past three years the holidays have been clouded with pandemic concerns. Now, with COVID, the flu and RSV circulating — what should folks look out for at gatherings?

Following news about a daycare case, epidemiologists analyze the risk of monkeypox's spread in school settings

As students around the country start a new school year, providers say childhood immunization rates are too low, in some places, to prevent outbreaks of diseases like measles.

UNICEF's director called the worldwide trend "a red alert for child health."

One and a half years after the adult COVID-19 vaccine, a kids' shot is here. This is why it took so much longer