Articles by Erika Edwards
In early 2025, as measles began to tear through West Texas, Katherine Wells knew she needed money.
Though the outbreak was concentrated in Gaines County, a community an hour away, Wells, who heads Lâ...
Measles cases in the U.S. are spreading beyond mostly schoolkids and their families.
At least 12 people have tested positive for measles at Ave Maria University, a private Catholic college near Nap…...
Fifty-two children have died of the flu so far this season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday, seemingly putting pediatric deaths on track to outpace last season's record…...
Flu is surging across most of the U.S. But, amid an early, harsh season, there is a glimmer of promising news: The flu shot may be more effective than experts predicted.
Early evidence shows that th…...
Doctors visits for flu-like symptoms fevers, sore throat, extreme fatigue and body aches have hit the highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an…...
The health department deployed mobile health clinics to the area to provide MMR shots, but few people in the community took advantage. I can tell you that a relatively small number of doses was admin…...
A group of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to vote on whether the agency should scrap its long-standing recommendation that every baby get a hepatitis B vaccin…...
The surging number of measles cases around the world is a stark warning sign that outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases could be next, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
Its cruc…...
