As a 74-year-old retired pediatrician, I am old enough to fear the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases that my younger colleagues have …
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The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health has issued an alert about a confirmed case of measles at Washington Dulles International Airport on…
Late Wednesday, health officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health and Franklin County Health Department announced a confirmed ca…
I heard an old joke about the flu shot. “It doesn’t mean you won’t get the flu. It just means the doctor is not to blame.”
As we trudge through the depths of another cold, snowy winter in the Charleston area, we hear coughs and sneezes all around us.
Parents worry when their kids get sick. With time, parents learn to judge when their child is seriously sick or, instead, has a minor illness.
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) is suspending all poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and sales at flea markets or au…
HURRICANE — Health officials have confirmed local cases of the highly contagious disease pertussis, also known as whooping cough, this month.
I was initially somewhat open to the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in part …
Dear Savvy Senior: I recently turned 65 and want to know if am supposed to get the pneumonia vaccine? If so, which type of vaccine do I need? …
