Smallpox killed 300 million people last century. One man helped stop it.
Had William Foege been a military general or a CEO or a politician, his death on January 24…
CDC Refuses to Take Blame for Measles Spiraling out of Control
Measles is making an unwelcome comeback in the United States, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Colorado’s first child death from COVID-19 this season amid low vaccination rates and required shots overhaul
For the first time this viral respiratory season, a child has died from COVID-19 in Colorado. The state…
Let’s Be Honest About Public Health Guidance – Emily Oster
In the first week of January, the Health and Human Services Department, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,…
US Pediatricians Give Middle Finger to RFK Jr., Issue Their Own Vaccine Recommendations
Mainstream doctors aren’t backing down from a fight with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current U.S. Secretary of…
Guinea-Bissau suspends a US-funded vaccine trial as African scientists question its motives
Guinea-Bissau will implement a universal birth-dose policy for the Hepatitis B vaccine in 2027.Credit: Enrique Lopez-Tapia/Nature Picture Library/Alamy…
Vaccine policy protects individual rights, not public health, top CDC adviser says
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast…
Lost measles elimination status ‘a cost of doing business,’ CDC official says
With measles transmission in the United States at levels that haven’t been seen in decades, the principal deputy…
How ‘shared decision-making’ is being misused in vaccine policy
Listen to the Trump administration’s rhetoric about vaccines and you’ll hear a refrain. In September, what replaced the…
a huge study offers clues
Bruno Lage, then-manager of the football team Wolverhampton Wanderers, receives his COVID-19 vaccination in December 2021.Credit: Jack Thomas…
Discarded U.S. kids’ vaccine schedule aligned with other nations
The U.S. childhood vaccination schedule has been dramatically reduced, purportedly because, as federal health officials argued, the now-discarded…
Will mpox go global again? Research shows it’s evolving in curious ways
Mpox virus particles (purple) seem to be spreading more easily between people.Credit: NIAID/SPL As mpox continues to spark…