A federal vaccine advisory committee voted to delay a vote on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

The federal review is unfolding as Florida leaders push to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates statewide, arguing vaccination decisions should belong to parents.

The federal review is unfolding as Florida leaders push to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates statewide, arguing vaccination decisions should belong to parents.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced the head of his controversial vaccine advisory committee.

Members of an Ocoee fitness facility are expressing concerns after learning about the Florida Department of Health’s investigation into potential health-related incidents at their gym.

The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and has stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone.

New government data shows another decline in sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults, but also a continued rise in syphilis in newborns.

Government scientists say infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” have been increasing dramatically.

Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights.

An internal CDC email reveals that the Georgia man who shot at CDC buildings on Aug. 8 likely tried to enter the campus two days earlier.

At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices.

States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.

U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50 instead of 60.

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

Four people have been sickened in two states by salmonella poisoning linked to pistachio cream, a nut butter spread.

A boil water notice issued in Dunnellon affects some 1,174 Florida Governmental Utility Authority customers.

More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency are being reinstated.

The nation’s top public health agency has posted new recommendations that healthy children and pregnant women may — but no longer should — get COVID-19 vaccinations.

Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, has confirmed the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm.

U.S. health officials say a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people.

Federal officials say at least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several items.

The nation’s infant mortality rate is falling.

Health officials say at least seven people in six states have been affected in a new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry.

Three new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply.

New U.S. government data shows that more U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline.

Even after the hurricane passes, the danger still lingers.

Health Secretary Robert F.

Health secretary Robert F.

A key vaccine advisory committee is meeting for the first time under new U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

The deadliest plague in history once struck the Sunshine State at the start of the 20th century.

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official is telling staff to start planning for the agency’s splintering.

A federal judge in Rhode Island says she'll temporarily block the Trump administration from cutting billions in federal public health dollars.

Health secretary Robert F.

Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation.

Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving.

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

The nation’s top public health agency says about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago can come back to work.

Federal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judge’s order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive order.

Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year.

While the month of February is often associated with Valentine’s Day, it is also Heart Health Awareness Month.

Researchers across the country are in “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted from government websites.

A statewide grand jury convened at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has found no evidence of criminal activity concerning COVID-19 vaccines.

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported.

Health officials have confirmed the first case of severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu.

A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.

The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency is urging the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.

Health officials are confirming bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.

U.S. health officials say whooping cough is at its highest level in a decade for this time of year.

A Minnesota resident who came into contact with a bat in July died of rabies.

A scientific panel is calling for a public health approach to marijuana that’s a big departure from “Just Say No.” The report was released Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off,” stand-alone illness.

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from federal health officials suggests it’s on the upswing around the country.

Florida is known for its tropical and hot weather during the summer months, but taking precautions in extreme heat shouldn’t be overlooked.

The U.S. will pay for flu shots for farmworkers to try to prevent bird flu from getting worse.

U.S. health officials have announced a recall of some Boar's Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak.

At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters.

President Joe Biden did not wear a face mask in public a couple of times after the White House announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.

Colorado health officials have confirmed a human case of the plague.

Florida is known for its tropical and hot weather during the summer months, but taking precautions in extreme heat shouldn’t be overlooked.

With temperatures rising across the country and school out for the summer, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool.

Researchers say doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use.

U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records.

If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold.

Almost 20 years after the first wave of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S., more than 75% of drug overdose fatalities were connected to opioid use in 2021, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. health officials now recommend that some people consider taking an antibiotic as a morning-after pill to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases.

Reports of a rare nervous system disorder are “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines.

Even after the hurricane passes, the danger still lingers.

At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E.

Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles.

The U.S. flu season appears to be over.

U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning.

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U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.

With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group is now recommending that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection.

Federal health officials say that new U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022.

U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in illnesses caused by a bacteria that can cause meningitis and possible death.

The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023.

The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Hundreds of breast cancer survivors and supporters took part Saturday morning in the Orlando “MORE THAN PINK” walk, Susan G. Komen’s annual event that raises funds for breast cancer research.

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses.

U.S. health officials say Americans with COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days.

Cases of norovirus, a highly contagious stomach bug, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S. Nationwide, about 12% of most recent norovirus tests sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were positive.

A South Florida elementary school is dealing with measles among its students, according to our sister station WPLG.

The deadliest plague in history once struck the Sunshine State at the start of the 20th century.

It's flu season in Florida, and some areas are being hit harder than others.

U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source.

U.S. health officials say at least seven states are seeing high levels of the flu and that cases are rising in other parts of the country.

Florida's top doctor is now going against the CDC when it comes to the updated vaccine for COVID-19.

Updated COVID-19 shots are coming soon, part of a trio of fall vaccines that doctors hope will help avoid another “tripledemic."