In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often became disabled or lost their lives to whooping cough, ...

ECONOMIC inequality, disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic and misinformation have slowed down global efforts to vaccinate ...

At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the committee announced new plans to study established vaccine guidelines.

Researchers said on Tuesday that vaccination rates among children are dropping across the world, increasing the risk of ...

Routine vaccines have prevented the deaths of about 154 million children around the world over the past 50 years, a new study shows, but efforts have been slowing ...

Objectives To describe rates and variation in uptake of pneumococcal and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines in children and associated change in vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) across the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s low immunization rate for measles is causing concern for health officials following three confirmed cases in the state. According to data from the Iowa Department of Health ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) entire vaccine board even as childhood vaccination rates… ...

Kennedy replaced the 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) with eight new voting members, some of whom are known for spreading vaccine misinformation. Robert W. Malone, one of ...