The measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico is now close to 300 cases. Most are unvaccinated children. People usually ...

Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the way the world responds to infectious disease.

Health experts say low vaccination rates are fueling outbreaks of the contagious disease that was considered to be eliminated ...

We know there are lots of questions surrounding measles after the Maryland Department of Health confirmed one case in Howard County on Sunday, so we asked an expert.

If you've been vaccinated against measles, do you need a booster? What about other routine childhood vaccinations?

Colorado hasn't had any cases of measles yet this year, but with a large outbreak in Texas that has spread to New Mexico, the ...

Dr. Aileen Marty, Infectious Disease Specialist and Professor at Florida International University, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the latest health news. Dr. Marty answers listeners’ ...

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent some of its “disease detectives” to West Texas to help with the measles outbreak there — a sign that ...

A recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows three new human cases of the H5N1 bird flu virus. All three individuals were ...

Northamptonshire Police has been chosen as one of five forces across the country to take part in a domestic abuse law pilot, which will see specialists embedded in 999 control rooms. Did you know ...

Victims of domestic abuse in the Humberside area will now receive specialist police response to calls for help as the first domestic abuse experts are embedded in five 999 police control rooms ...

From today, all five forces will have independent domestic abuse specialists working across their 999 control rooms, offering expert advice, specialist support and working to identify missed ...