People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, US science panel recommends
NEW YORK -- A scientific panel on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that...
Immunizations
The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements
STOCKHOLM -- STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prizes award season begins Monday with the announcement by a panel at the...
Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?
KAVUMU, Congo -- Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where...
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
KAMITUGA, Congo -- Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave....
WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization launched on Friday a...
US clears updated COVID shots from Novavax, adding a 3rd fall vaccine option
U.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc.Already, Pfizer and Moderna...
