Brenda Goodman

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump has praised the polio vaccine as the “greatest thing,” but a lawyer affiliated with Trump's pick to lead

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s lawyer has petitioned the FDA to revoke its approval of the inactivated poliovirus vaccine, which is widely considered to be safe and effective.

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has placed its most serious warning – a so-called black-box warning – on a drug used to relieve menopausal hot flashes.

(CNN) — A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu.

(CNN) — A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, the first such case in the United States.

Health officials on Wednesday confirmed the first known severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu, and California's governor declared a state of emergency as the virus rampages through dairy cattle in the state.

By Brenda Goodman, CNN As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to

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By Brenda Goodman | CNN As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus.