The American Academy of Pediatrics had called the department’s policies “irresponsible and purposefully misleading” and joined a lawsuit against its vaccine policy.

While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second-in-command is dramatically remaking the agency.

Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experience severe disease and around 30 percent less likely to give birth prematurely, according to new research

The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation for all newborns to get a hepatitis B vaccine.

A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,

Medical experts say getting a yearly flu vaccination is the best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications.

The Pentagon has ordered the services to review and potentially upgrade the discharge records of about 8,700 troops separated for refusing the now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, preventable disease.

On December 14, 2020 I became the first person in the United States to receive the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine. Now, as the world moves swiftly through the fifth year since the start of the pandemic, I often get flashbacks to that era which taught me the importance of public health and hope.

The flu vaccine typically targets three strains: H1N1, H3N2, and influenza B. While the new subclade K variant contains mutations in the H3N2 component, medical experts say vaccination remains important.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo succeeded Anthony Fauci in leading the vaccine research division at the National Institutes of Health.