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To help answer common vaccine questions, we consulted Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor at the University of Iowa’s Carver ...

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After advancing in lockstep through the pandemic, the fortunes of the biotechs have diverged as their use of COVID-19 windfalls has taken shape.

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WHO collaboration has been critical in global health policy, as well as the country’s response to a host of diseases.

The flu epidemic continues to go down. The positivity rate and other benchmarks for the week ending on Jan. 24 have dropped ...

French drug company Sanofi announced it's discontinuing research and development for its next-generation mRNA flu vaccine.

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A rise in pediatric flu deaths is alarming U.S. officials as vaccination rates lag and severe strains spread nationwide.