Neonatal male circumcision rates decline in the United States despite health benefits
Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of male circumcision – surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis…
Inconsistent state laws undermine sexual education across the United States
While the majority of states require public school students to take at least one sexual education course, a…
This mRNA HIV Vaccine Produces the Virus-Fighting Antibodies That Have Eluded Researchers for 40 Years
In a small trial across ten U.S. research sites, a novel HIV vaccine candidate has shown a result…
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV…
Next on Kennedy’s list? Preventive care and vaccine harm
The host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of…
TB bacteria can play dead to outlast the immune response, study reveals
A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain…