Vaccines are a safe and highly effective way to prevent common diseases that used to seriously harm or even kill infants, children and adults. When children have all their recommended vaccines on ...

Groundbreaking advances in medicine have made many of the world’s worst diseases preventable. On May 14th, 1796, the English physician Edward Jenner carefully infected eight-year-old James Phipps with ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a sweeping change to the nation’s childhood immunization schedule Tuesday, endorsing a recommendation from a federal advisory panel to drop the ...

Comments by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies suggest the revised schedule may presage an approach to immunization that prizes individual autonomy and downplays scientific expertise. By Apoorva ...

In a post on X late last week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the appeal seeks to restore the Advisory Committee on ...

Parents are navigating mixed messaging about childhood vaccinations from federal and state officials. The impact of the mixed messaging is being seen inside doctors offices like pediatrician David ...

Routine vaccines have prevented the deaths of about 154 million children around the world over the past 50 years, a new study shows, but efforts have been slowing recently, allowing for the growth of ...

As the first day of school fast approaches local school districts and Solano County health officials are urging families to make childhood immunizations a top priority — even as statewide vaccination ...

The federal government can "restore a lawful ACIP" and meet "at any time," AAP president s ...