Measles is an extremely contagious vaccine-preventable disease that can lead to death or disability. It also wipes out immune ...

As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update on the ongoing public health initiatives in Massachusetts.

Sixty-one years ago today, long before the infamous TV moments of OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony, one man's murder conviction became the first-ever courtroom verdict to be televised.

Kennedy Jr., an ardent vaccine critic who would have been Weldon’s boss as health secretary. Perhaps Weldon’s biggest problem ...

The Infectious Disease Society of America says there have been “no deaths related to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine ...

RFK Jr. has claimed measles can be treated with vitamin A and that severe infection is linked to poor diet. But many experts who spoke with ABC News disagreed.

The anti-vaxxer in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is now suggesting that getting measles is the best way to not get measles. During an interview with Fox News host Sean ...

If you want to learn how to prevent a measles outbreak like the one currently in Texas, our country's secretary of health isn't the best source.

There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ’n Shake with Fox News host Sean Hannity, ...

A longtime columnist for The Washington Post, he also wrote dozens of books about basketball, baseball, tennis, football and ...

Abrupt staffing changes have also dominated Kennedy's first weeks in office, with CDC pick Dave Weldon, MD, withdrawing from ...