AP Special Report Spotlight IMMUNIZATIONS What to know about new vaccine guidance and why doctors are worried LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Jan 11, 2026 Jan 11, 2026 Updated 4 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic Sept. 10 in Seattle. Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press kAm&]$] 962=E9 @77:4:2=D 92G6 >256 3C@25 492?86D E@ 49:=59@@5 G244:?6 C64@>>6?52E:@?D[ 2=2C>:?8 A65:2EC:4:2?D 2?5 @E96C >65:42= 6IA6CED H9@ D2J E96J H:== D@H 4@?7FD:@? 2?5 F?56C>:?6 49:=5C6?VD 962=E9]k^AmkAm%96 @G6C92F= :D 67764E:G6 :>>65:2E6=J[ >62?:?8 E92E E96 &]$] r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@? H:== ?@H C64@>>6?5 E92E 2== 49:=5C6? 86E G244:?2E65 282:?DE `` 5:D62D6D[ 5@H? 7C@> `g 2 J62C 28@]k^AmkAm%96 492?86D 4@>6 2D &]$] G244:?2E:@? C2E6D 92G6 366? D=:AA:?8 2?5 E96 D92C6 @7 49:=5C6? 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Health Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press
Politics In a tumultuous year, US health policy has been dramatically reshaped under RFK Jr. ALI SWENSON Associated Press
How to keep children safe from accidental medicine poisoning About 50,000 children under 5 go to ERs each year after swallowing medicine unintentionally.
CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance The Trump administration plans to slash funding for the surveillance system from about $125 million a year to about $25 million.
Fear in Minnesota's Somali community deepens, hampering progress on measles vaccination Health workers say progress on measles vaccination is slipping as Somali families avoid clinics amid immigration crackdowns and rising fear in…
'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise The appeal from Dr. Mehmet Oz comes as the U.S. risks losing its measles elimination status and as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has …
