Pediatrics & Adolescent Health

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (488+ words) Health officials recently say measles cases are rising at a metro Atlanta daycare, leading to an outbreak. As of Friday, there had been two new cases of measles at the unidentified daycare to bring the total to 10 cases related to…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (186+ words) ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to airdrop millions of rabies vaccine doses over several states, including Georgia, starting next month. The initiative follows a health advisory issued last week by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (317+ words) California voters will decide in November whether Proposition (Prop) 38 should authorize substantial state funding for immunology and immunotherapy research. The initiative would fund immunology and immunotherapy research aimed at harnessing the body’s immune system to develop new treatments, medical procedures…...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago   (87+ words) KPCW Summit County health vaccine clinics set for early October Summit County Health Department Deputy Director Kendra Babitz discusses the department's seasonal vaccine clinics, vaccine options, and measles immunization outreach. She says the annual drive-though and walk-up clinics will have…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (248+ words) Jackson County Public Health closed its Lee’s Summit building Monday after health officials confirmed that a resident of eastern Jackson County who had measles visited the location twice last week. Health officials said no other measles cases had been identified…...

3+ hour ago   (126+ words) Patch Free Drive-Through Vaccine Clinic Set For Lawrence Township Tuesday Lawrence Township Senior Center hosts flu and COVID-19 shots with CVS Pharmacy. LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — The Lawrence Township Health Department, Lawrence Township Senior Center and CVS Pharmacy will host a drive-through…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (283+ words) The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday announced that an unvaccinated child in Valencia County has tested positive for measles, bringing the total number cases in the state to 19 so far this year. The state health department’s announcement does…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (519+ words) Sep 14, 2026 | Community By Michael G. Beaulieu, MD Medical Director, LMAS District Health Department Many parents have recently heard about a new executive order from the White House concerning childhood vaccines. The order, signed August 10, 2026, has generated questions about whether children should…...

10+ hour, 58+ min ago   (101+ words) (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Monday there are now 693 confirmed measles cases in the Commonwealth, 17 more than Friday's update. Of those 693 cases, 133 are hospitalized. In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, there are 54 confirmed cases, three more than Friday's…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (824+ words) On April 12, 1955, America threw a vaccine party. That morning, Thomas Francis Jr. — who had overseen trials of polio vaccines developed by Jonas Salk — held a press conference to announce the results. Only it wasn’t a press conference. It was an…...