The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.

In this article on measles, the authors review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated illnesses as well as treatment and prevention strategies.

Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

Anti-vaccine voices are now advising the CDC. Here’s how public health experts can respond.

The studies are cited in a document sent to lawmakers.

Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."

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This study examines the impact of National Institutes of Health grant terminations on the US research enterprise by quantifying the number and funding amount of these terminations and characterizing t...

Far fewer babies had severe cases of the respiratory illness RSV, in a winter in which a new monoclonal and vaccine became widely available.

As calls to end fluoride in water get louder, changes to the dental health of children in Calgary, Canada, and Juneau, Alaska, may provide a cautionary tale.

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget

Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.

The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.

Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...

Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.

Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.

Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.

When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause...

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.

Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.

Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.

Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.