The leading group of pediatricians in the U.S. continues to recommend kids get shots to protect them from 18 diseases.

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday released its updated recommendations for what vaccines children should get. It’s a routine revision, hardly different from last year’s recommendations, but ...

Many pediatricians are following vaccine guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, not the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The AAP’s updated vaccine guidance marks a significant break in decades of collaboration with the CDC. Here’s what you need to know. The CDC now recommends hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and meningococcal ...

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae ...

The CDC and AAP have released conflicting childhood vaccine schedules, leading to confusion from parents and uproar from ...

Dr. Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, has been appointed principal deputy director of the CDC. CDC employees and Georgia doctors say the move has created confusion and concern about future vaccine ...

We're learning more about a rare bacterial disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors to look out for. “Having cases of melioidosis occur in people in the ...

Dr. Francisco “Paco” Tomei-Torres passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 74.

ATLANTA — Retired CDC doctors and other demonstrators gathered outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, voicing frustration and concern following another round ...