Vaccines help the immune system to recognize and fight many types of diseases, from viral illnesses like COVID-19 to ...

Jason is a general assignment reporter, with particular focus on genetic medicine and rare disease. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at JasonMast.77. A leader of a federal vaccine advisory ...

Northwestern researchers warn the blocking of research on COVID-19 and shingles vaccines by the Food and Drug Administration ...

A revised charter document for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s influential vaccine advisory committee has been withdrawn by the Health Department over an administrative error, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said younger males should consider waiting longer between doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in order to ...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunizations chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday that he’s concerned with the direction the agency is going and worried about public ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed away from key changes he made to the charter of his newly ...

Photo credit: Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted on Thursday to recommend infants receive a newer ...

The CDC has issued its updated 2026 adult immunization schedule, adding refined RSV vaccine eligibility, annual COVID-19 boosters, and clarified pneumococcal options. The changes aim to simplify ...

A two-day meeting of the CDC's influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices set for December 4-5 will discuss continuing to give newborn babies hepatitis b shots as well as examine the ...