One major reason why it has been difficult to develop an effective HIV vaccine is that the virus mutates very rapidly, ...

The scheme lists a variety of recognised adverse health conditions that have been found to have resulted in some people as a ...

About one in three people will develop shingles in their lifetime and nearly all adults aged 50 years and older carry the inactive virus that causes it. But the the risk of develo ...

I think some respected newspapers could do a better job of being honest with their readers about some pretty basic and pretty important things.

XEC is also an offshoot of omicron, the widely spread variant that formed in 2021. According to experts, it has some of omicron’s features, too — like less severe symptoms and easy transmissibility.

Pfizer's and Moderna's formulas have been the go-to on pharmacy shelves, but Novavax remains an important option.

Catching the virus that causes COVID-19 or getting a COVID-19 vaccination gives you protection, also called immunity, from the virus. But over time, that protection seems to ...

The side effects of newly discovered COVID strain XEC might not be more severe, but appears to be more contagious, ...

While West Nile virus and EEE are viral infections that most commonly affect horses, humans and birds, neither is zoonotic ...

Jackson County Health Department (JCHD) is now providing flu vaccinations by appointment. An annual flu vaccination is ...

The latest strain of the COVID-19 virus, XEC, is circulating across the country. The new variant has been reported in at ...

MIT researchers have developed a new HIV vaccination method that generates a strong immune response with just two doses, one ...