Nearly half of the databases that public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were updating on ...

The AAP is recommending immunization against 18 diseases.​ Earlier this month, the CDC reduced its recommendations for ...

Foege also led efforts to end polio, and said in 2013 that the project was close to success. That victory, though, may be ...

Dr. Kirk Milhoan, head of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, questioned whether broad recommendations are necessary for polio ...

In a wide-ranging interview on the Jan. 22 episode of the "Why Should I Trust You?" podcast, ACIP's new chair, Kirk Milhoan, MD, PhD, discussed the need for and potential risks of vaccines such as ...

A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday ...

The chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC, Dr. Kirk Milhoan, said that shots against polio and measles should be optional. His comments came in an interview with the ...

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that ...

Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist recently appointed as chair of a highly influential federal vaccine committee, ...

The chair of a U.S. government vaccine advisory panel questioned broad vaccine recommendations for polio and other childhood ...

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It ...

The management of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has advised intending Nigerian pilgrims to strictly comply ...