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During National Influenza Vaccination Week, both private and governmental entities encourage people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from serious illness leading up to the peak of flu season.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), and the County of Santa Barbara Health ...

(CNN) — Millions of dollars have been pulled from state and local vaccination programs with no explanation, after a review of the funding agreements by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

NCI-designated cancer centers, AACI members and other cancer centers and medical groups endorse HPV vaccination and cancer screening to eliminate cancers caused by the virus. Dramatic drops in annual ...

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious ...