For older adults who express more confidence in vaccine safety than younger groups, the past few months have brought welcome ...

The science is solid and the politics are too. A 2023 YouGov poll found 66% of Americans, including 62% of Democrats, want ...

A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense will present this week on thimerosal in flu vaccines at a ...

Antivaccine activist Dr David Geier has been hired by the HHS to search for "hidden" data linking vaccines to autism in CDC databases.

A senior scientist at the US CDC has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program.

Former members of the ACIP are responding to their recent ousting by Robert F. Kennedy Jr in an editorial published in JAMA.

The newly reconstituted CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet this week. Packed with antivaxxers, the ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting plenty of criticism for what could happen as his "Make America Healthy Again” ...

Pediatricians rely on the CDC immunization schedule to determine which vaccines to give children and when to administer them. Insurers use the schedule to help decide which vaccines to cover.

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 ...

Leftists are in an uproar over HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s transformation of HHS from a hotbed of fake leftist "science" to one of real science.

Public backlash is growing against the nation’s top health official RFK Jr., as more Americans stand up to the Trump ...