Cases of respiratory syncytial virus are increasing, but vaccines and antibody shots can keep young children out of the ...

Under the 2024 schedule, which has been discontinued, babies could have received anywhere from 12 to 30 shots before their second birthday ...

A decision by federal officials to scale back the number of vaccines recommended for children surprised some Northeastern ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of ...

The CDC first recommended annual flu shots for all children 6 months and older in 2008, when it expanded the recommendation ...

Vaccine policy now tracks political identity more closely than epidemiology,” write Richard Hughes IV and Lawrence O. Gostin.

Jaylen Edgar, the teen charged in the 2024 Halloween shooting in downtown Orlando, wants to argue he experienced “temporary insanity” the night two people were killed at ...

Recent reviews indicate that hesitancy is increasing in pediatric settings, with more parents selectively delaying, spacing, ...

U.S. health officials have made unprecedented changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts ...

With the United States likely to lose its measles elimination status in the next few months and the possibility of looming changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, new research highlights the risk ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Dr. Mazer is a physician and a writer covering medicine and public health. As a physician and medical journalist, I have spent years watching, with both fascination and concern, as anti-vaccine groups ...