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Today we bring you the story of a patient seeking the RSV vaccine — and how her frustrating journey illustrates why it can be so hard in the United States to get an important medicine recommended by federal regulators. Hannah Fegley of Silver Spring, Md., says she spent seven hours on the phone last month […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert last week in response to limited supplies of an antibody drug designed to protect infants from the respiratory disease

Bacteria-containing dust found at day care centers could put children at a higher risk of asthma, suggests a new study from the European Respiratory Society.

The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals has surpassed 300, increasing by 14 over the previous day's totals to 301, according to the latest state data released Wednesday.

Orange County's COVID-19 hospitalizations and infection rates continued to climb as the county also logged 10 more fatalities, according to data released Tuesday by the Orange County Health Care Agency.

For the first time in a month, Orange County's COVID- 19 hospitalizations exceeded 200 patients, according to the latest data, as health officials warned again of a winter surge and an entire sixth-grade class in Yorba Linda was forced to quarantine and do its classwork online.

For the first time in a month, Orange County's COVID- 19 hospitalizations exceeded 200 patients, according to the latest data, as health officials warned again of a winter surge and an entire sixth-grade class in Yorba Linda was forced to quarantine and do its classwork online.

With the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approved for children between the ages of 5 and 11, families have the option to get their elementary school-aged children vaccinated.

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was authorized by the FDA for use in 12- to 15-year-olds.  The Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children in the U.S. who are between 12 and 15 years olds, a step that infectious disease and public health experts believe is crucial to help the country return to some level of “normality.” It’s also exciting news for many parents who are eager to get their children vaccinated, especially after grappling with...

d3sign via Getty Images Herd immunity seems almost impossible at this point. Heres how that will affect what COVID-19 will be like in the short and long term. For the first time in a long time, the U.S. is at a hopeful moment in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of adults have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and the seven-day average of new cases has decreased by roughly 80% since its January 2021 peak. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...