As students return to school this week, a Globe education reporter discusses how immigration, vaccination, and more may look ...

Global immunization expert Dr. Peter Hotez says the federal government’s recent decision to slash $500 million in research ...

During an appearance on Bill Maher’s podcast, Pratt said he doesn’t see why people are so hard on his wife’s controversial ...

Respiratory viruses often surge in the fall. We asked an infectious diseases expert how best to protect ourselves given a shifting vaccine landscape.

A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but ...

AstraZeneca says FluMist is not yet available in all states due to local pharmacy laws, but the company aims to be able to provide the at-home spray to all the contiguous states in the future. The ...

As municipal elections approach on August 26, concerns about voter turnout in central Alabama are coming to the forefront. In the last munici ...

Xcel’s nearest base is Mankato, 103 miles (nearly two hours) from Slayton. Nobles Electric Cooperative is much closer. The co ...

How do you get a paper retracted? Hint: it doesn’t usually start with a strongly worded opinion piece from a senior political ...

A long-shuttered federal task force on childhood vaccine safety is being revived, the Department of Health and Human Services ...

Robert F. Kennedy has taken sweeping actions regarding vaccines as Health and Human Services secretary. Part four of 'Tragedy ...

Over the past two centuries, vaccines have been critical for preventing infectious diseases. The World Health Organization estimates that vaccination prevents between 3 million and 5 million deaths ...