The CDC officially adopted recommendations made​ by the agency's vaccine advisory committee, whose members were hand-picked ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have identified what is believed to be the first intervention found in a randomized controlled trial to show large and very large ...

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have unlocked the answer to curbing alcohol withdrawal symptoms. A new study found that by targeting the brain’s cerebellum region, scientists were ...

The CDC is now recommending that children under the age of 4 no longer get a combination vaccine that protects against four ...

Determining how certain diseases are spread is an invaluable step in the process of controlling outbreaks. Experts make ...

People affected by Huntington’s disease could at last benefit from the first treatment to slow the fatal neurodegenerative condition. Scientists from University College London (UCL) found patients ...

A research team says that for the first time in history, it’s successfully treated Huntington’s disease, a devastating and inherited disorder that kills nerve cells and leads to rapid decline and ...

An experimental gene therapy has become the first treatment to successfully slow the progression of Huntington’s disease. While the findings are still preliminary, the approach could be a major ...

Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single ...

The CDC ends universal COVID-19 booster recommendations and splits the chickenpox shot from MMR in what officials call a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will update its immunization schedules for the COVID-19 and chickenpox ...