The Trump-appointed head of the federal panel that recommends vaccines is saying that polio and measles vaccines—and perhaps every vaccine—should be optional. Dr. Kirk Milhoan, who heads the Advisory ...

The Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD) promotes health equity for people with disabilities of all ages. DHDD ...

Another study is adding to the evidence that shingles vaccines are associated with a reduced risk of dementia. A real-world study, published online as a manuscript on Feb. 9, 2026, in Nature ...

The FDA declined to review Moderna’s experimental flu vaccine over trial design concerns, despite no safety issues. The ...

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“We found no evidence in our study or in other studies that [the COVID] vaccine causes harm to the children,” said George R. Saade, MD, the new study’s first author and professor and chair of ...

International health officials plan to meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status.

As the U.S. formally exited from the World Health Organization last month, Trump administration officials misleadingly ...

Snohomish County health officials and state public health partners are telling parents it is time to double-check their kids’ measles protection, after a local outbreak was declared. The push centers ...

Under the new measures, complete travel and transit history for the preceding 21 days shall be carried out for each traveller, irrespective of their nationality or travel status.

This week in JAMA Network Open, a team led by researchers from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine-maker Pfizer ...

It’s been a busy week at the FDA, with a political appointee overruling agency scientists to reject an application for a new flu vaccine. Meanwhile, anti-abortion Republicans on Capitol Hill complain ...