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THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined for the second year in a row, leaving hundreds of thousands of young children vulnerable to dangerous infectious diseases,

The decline is another impact of a pandemic that has now caused more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths in Minnesota.

THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined for the second year in a row, leaving hundreds of thousands of young children vulnerable to dangerous infectious diseases,

CMS is keeping a close eye on booster shot uptake and offering low-performing facilities new help, officials said Thursday.

Health officials were warning that the flu will hit hard this winter and while anyone is at risk some people are more vulnerable than others.

For nearly two years, vaccine expert and virologist Geert Vanden Bossche has been on a mission to raise awareness of why healthy children should not receive COVID-19 vaccines. Vanden Bossche, who has 30 years of experience in the vaccine...

For nearly two years, vaccine expert and virologist Geert Vanden Bossche has been on a mission to raise ...

A new CDC report has found that racial and ethnic minorities are hospitalized with the flu at rates much higher than those of white adults.

Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults also had lower flu vaccination rates than White adults.

(CNN) -- Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic adults are more likely than their White peers to be hospitalized for the flu, but less likely to be vaccinated against it, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds.