Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, ending months of confusion about the vaccine in Illinois. The new guidance advises ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially updated guidelines for COVID-19 and chickenpox vaccines based on recommendations made last month by the agency's vaccine advisory committee, whose members were hand-picked by Health and Human ...

Public trust CDC wanes following the agency's reduction of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, per a KFF poll of U.S. adults.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retsef Levi, right, listens to a presentation about the COVID-19 vaccine during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Sept. 19, 2025 in Chamblee, Ga.

You can’t blame this one on the stork. After a brief baby bump early in the COVID-19 pandemic, birth rates in the US and other wealthy countries dropped as the public health emergency eased. That sudden decline sparked online speculation that the rollout of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could have played a role,