For decades, states largely deferred to vaccine recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the ...

The nation’s measles crisis has peaked and is fast resolving because of efforts by state and federal authorities to get ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by ...

Along with an influx of back-to-school illnesses, the coming school year may bring significant changes to how school-age kids ...

Doctors widely consider vaccines to be a money pit. Research shows that most pediatricians either break even or lose money on ...

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A CDC Advisory Committee just made the same mistake it did 25 years ago. A renowned CHOP immunologist warns: It’s only the beginning ...

One of the latest changes is the postponement of a preventive health panel meeting by the United States Preventive Services ...

Kennedy’s decision to end support to one of America’s few remaining positive interventions in the Global South is both ...

A sweeping analysis of health data from more than 1.2 million children in Denmark born over a 24-year period found no link ...

Sen. Ron Johnson’s hearing was a dangerous beachhead from which the movement stands to make unprecedented inroads into public health policy.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two of his top aides in an abrupt shakeup of the leadership at the nation’s sprawling health department, two people familiar with ...