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The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18, including Covid, ...

In today’s issue: The winners and losers in the newly released dietary guidelines. … What was left on the cutting room floor.

The CDC's shared decision-making approach for vaccinations is misunderstood, leading to public confusion and potential undermining of vaccine confidence. Surveys show many Americans incorrectly ...

The childhood vaccines that the CDC is dropping from the recommended scheduled have successfully beat back illness and death ...

Who's more likely to drop music, Rihanna or Blue Ivy? Will Sydney Sweeney finally lose it? What might happen at the Oscars?

In what is so far the most random celebrity pairing of 2026 so far, 25-year-old influencer Alix Earle was spotted with ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dances to an electronic remix of him saying, in English, “No crazy war.” Photo: ...

Some of 2025’s worst MAGA villains convened to ring in the new year at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Wednesday and, clearly, ...

I'm not suggesting we cancel a dead man or turn off the famed NYE anthem, but let's brought this to mind, shall we?

Mercedes’ software-defined vehicle strategy quietly changes how cars evolve, updating continuously instead of aging by model ...