In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out ...

As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked ...

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During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...

The pandemic dealt a heavy blow to vaccination rates, with an estimated 15 million children missing routine shots between ...

Vaccines have prevented the deaths of about 154 million children around the world over the past 50 years, a new study shows, ...

The analysis, conducted by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, reveals a significant decline in vaccination rates—particularly after the ...

A global study finds large numbers of children are unvaccinated against diseases like measles, tuberculosis and polio, which ...

Global efforts to protect children against diseases like measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections ...

It also reported on a delay of vaccine shipments coming to Pennsylvania because inspections had been held up. One Washington County boy played a particularly crucial role in the vaccine’s development.