School vaccination rates decline again as exemptions reach new high
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high for the 2025-2026 school year
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U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high for the 2025-2026 school year
At least 345 people — the majority in Colorado and Minnesota — have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Federal health officials said they've identified a new outbreak of the cyclospora parasite, but the source hasn't been specified.
The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing" in the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
CBS News New York's Dick Brennan has the latest on the care they are receiving.
Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS News that the hantavirus outbreak should be treated differently from COVID.
Passengers were being evacuated on Sunday, and flown home aboard military and government planes. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
Illnesses linked to the New York-based Live it Up Super Greens brand powder were reported in 21 states from Aug. 22 to Dec. 30, 2025.
We're in the thick of the flu season, and it seems we all know someone who is sick these days. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
As CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports, public health officials are worried about rising cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says immunizations like flu shots will be left to families to decide. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
The new CDC recommendations suggest reducing the number of vaccinations all children should receive.
The unprecedented recommendation leaves other immunizations like flu shots open to individual family choice. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
Connecticut is dealing with its first measles case since 2021, after a child, who is not vaccinated, contracted the virus while traveling internationally.
State Department of Health officials said a Fairfield County child, who is under the age of 10 and not vaccinated, contracted the virus while traveling internationally. CBS News New York's Kristine Johnson reports.
New York has no plans to change hepatitis B vaccine guidance after a Centers for Disease Control advisory panel voted to stop recommending a first dose for newborns.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted to change longstanding recommendations on the hepatitis B vaccine.
Acting Health Commissioner Michelle Morse called the vote to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth concerning and unscientific. CBS News New York's Tim McNicholas reports.
Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.
Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 U.S. states of infant botulism linked to ByHeart Inc. baby formula products that are being recalled.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted on changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
A significant vaccine shakeup is potentially on the horizon. CBS News' Jarred Hill reports.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met Thursday to discuss and vote on the hepatitis B and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccines for children.
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry testified before a Senate panel weeks after departing in a dramatic shakeup at the health agency.
