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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen visits West Scranton High School.

Why Vaccinated People Are Still Catching Measles in Pennsylvania

Four fully vaccinated Pennsylvanians caught measles as the state's outbreak topped 676 cases — a reminder that a 97% effective vaccine was never advertised as 100%.

Health  · 13 Sep 2026, 09:23  · Sara Lindqvist
Illustrative photo of a person with a lingering cough, a common early symptom of walking pneumonia.

Why Walking Pneumonia Surges Every Three to Seven Years

Walking pneumonia isn't a seasonal illness like the flu. CDC data show it moves in multi-year waves driven by fading population immunity — and the latest one hasn't fully cleared.

Health  · 6 Sep 2026, 09:30  · Sara Lindqvist
Close-up of multiple vaccine vials used to prepare seasonal flu shots

Why This Year's Flu Shot Replaced All Three of Its Strains

For the first time in years, regulators rebuilt the flu vaccine from scratch, swapping the H1N1, H3N2, and B strains after a fast-mutating H3N2 variant cut protection in some patients to as little as 14%.

Health  · 5 Sep 2026, 09:21  · Sara Lindqvist
Baby goats wearing bandanas in a petting-zoo pen, the kind of setting behind North Carolina's rabies exposure warning. Credit: WRAL.

Why Rabid Baby Goats Can Look Perfectly Healthy for Weeks

Four baby goats at a North Carolina petting zoo tested positive for rabies without ever looking sick. Here's why infected animals can seem completely healthy until it's too late.

Health  · 2 Sep 2026, 09:25  · Sara Lindqvist
A vial and dose of the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Why Measles Keeps Coming Back Despite a Vaccine That Works

Measles cases in the U.S. have already topped last year's total, and Pennsylvania just recorded the country's first deaths from the disease in 35 years. The reason it keeps returning comes down to one number: 95%.

Health  · 1 Sep 2026, 09:21  · Sara Lindqvist
A bottle of melatonin dietary supplement tablets on a US pharmacy shelf.

Why American Melatonin Comes in 10 Times the Dose Most of Europe Allows

A bottle of melatonin in an American drugstore can pack five to ten milligrams; the same supplement in France is capped under two. The regulatory gap has real consequences for how families use -- and mis-store -- a hormone most people assume is harmless.

Health  · 17 Jul 2026, 04:17  · Sara Lindqvist
CDC ArboNET surveillance map of West Nile virus activity across U.S. states in 2026.

West Nile Virus Is Off to Its Worst Start in 20 Years, CDC Says

The CDC has confirmed 48 West Nile cases by June 30, far above the usual 10, with Arizona hardest hit as officials urge simple precautions over the July 4 weekend.

Health  · 2 Jul 2026, 04:19  · Sara Lindqvist
Health workers in protective equipment at an Ebola response site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: CIDRAP)

CDC Raises Ebola Response to Its Highest Level as Cases Top 1,100

The CDC has moved to its highest response level as the Congo-Uganda Ebola outbreak becomes the third largest on record. For US readers, the risk stays low.

Health  · 28 Jun 2026, 09:30  · Sara Lindqvist
A pregnant patient during a prenatal care visit, where maternal vaccinations including flu and COVID-19 shots are routinely offered. Illustrative — not from the ACOG announcement. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

ACOG Launches Its Own Pregnancy Vaccine Schedule, Splitting With CDC

For the first time, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released its own maternal immunization schedule on June 10, recommending four vaccines during pregnancy—including flu and COVID-19 shots that the CDC no longer endorses.

Health  · 13 Jun 2026, 10:05  · Sara Lindqvist