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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The sun has not yet risen in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, but about 100 people in swimsuits…

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its recommendations for childhood vaccines on Monday, breaking significantly with the guidance released by…

The nation’s leading group of pediatricians has issued its annual recommendations about which vaccines children should receive — marking the…

Nearly half of the databases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to update regularly — surveillance systems…

Digging out from the weekend’s massive snow and ice storm could be hazardous to your heart.Pennsylvania health officials announced three…

As large parts of the U.S. dig out from a major winter storm, health officials are renewing warnings about the serious…

Tens of thousands of nurses and health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii went on strike…

This is a KFF Health News story.When Jeannine Urban went in for a checkup in November, she had her doctor’s…

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But…

For years, parents alleged that top social media companies had gotten teens hooked on their products with addictive design features,…