A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

American kids are less likely to reach adulthood compared with foreign peers

Do Not Pervert Justice.

History is informative in considering how bioethicists should respond to serious new threats to public health and well-being.

While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act.

A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to un-scare them," he says.

Texas health officials now report 48 cases of measles, with 13 hospitalizations, mostly among children. All are unvaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.

This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.

Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...