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Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines 09/19/2025 05:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta this week to consider whether to revise recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B, and a combination shot that protects children against measles, mu Kennedy's advisory panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines 09/18/2025 07:54pm • ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a combination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella. The pan WHO says 31 of 38 Ebola cases in Congo have resulted in deaths 09/18/2025 09:26am • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization said Thursday that 31 of 38 confirmed Ebola cases have resulted in deaths in southern Congo, where authorities are battling a new outbreak of the deadly virus. The latest figures show the casualty rate has nearly doubled since last week — from West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting 09/17/2025 05:04pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Co Oklahoma court stops social studies standards with 2020 election misinformation from taking effect 09/16/2025 06:35pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily put on hold proposed new social studies standards for K-12 public school students that include conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The state’s high court issued a temporary stay on Monday while a lawsuit filed by a group of pa Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon 09/16/2025 09:13am • PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins. They draw it tighter with each pass, and a spray of silver fish glistens under the Kennedy's vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots 09/15/2025 08:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox. The exact questions to be voted on Thursday and Friday in Atlanta are unclear. Of Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo 09/14/2025 01:44pm • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday. An outbreak of the highly contagious disease was announced earlier this month in the locality of Bulape, in Kasai, Child dies from complication of measles contracted years earlier 09/11/2025 05:59pm • A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday. The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they were infected by the virus, died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, according to the county heal Va. Department of Health issues order to ease COVID-19 vaccine access, as federal guidance shifts 09/11/2025 02:57pm • In recent days, residents of Virginia and other states began to need a prescription from their primary care provider in order to get a COVID vaccine, a change prompted by shifting federal requirements. An order the Virginia Department of Health issued Wednesday now makes it easier for eligible Virgi West Nile virus cases running higher than normal, prompting health warnings 09/10/2025 06:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — West Nile virus infections are intense so far this year, with case counts running 40% higher than normal, health officials say. More than 770 cases, including about 490 severe cases, were reported as of early September, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data p Judge says 3 months in jail are enough for Chinese scientist in US smuggling case 09/10/2025 03:09pm • DETROIT (AP) — A young Chinese scientist interrogated for hours after an international flight to Detroit and held in jail for three months was sentenced to time served Wednesday for illegally shipping biological material to the U.S. that nonetheless wasn't a threat to the public. U.S. District Jud Macron appoints Defense Minister Lecornu as France's latest prime minister 09/09/2025 08:14pm • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country's fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world's biggest economies. Lecornu, 39, was the y Does Medicare Cover the Shingles Vaccine? 09/09/2025 08:00pm • If you've ever had chickenpox in your childhood, chances are you're likely to develop shingles in the future. While people might assume that shingles -- a painful, blistering rash -- only affects older adults, 1 in 3 adults who have had chickenpox are susceptible to it. Here's what you need to know Everyone seems to agree: Spitting on somebody else is just wrong. But it keeps happening 09/08/2025 09:40pm • Inter Miami’s Luis Suárez further damaged his reputation. Jalen Carter of the Philadelphia Eagles cost himself the chance to play in a season-opening game. Florida’s Brendan Bett gave South Florida a 15-yard gift on its drive that decided its win over the Gators. Their transgression: spitting.