The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices vote on Dec 5 to no longer recommend the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, which had ensured that babies exposed to hepatitis B would not later develo...

The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices vote on Dec 5 to no longer recommend the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, which had ensured that babies exposed to hepatitis B would not later develo...

For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses, and safeguarding population hea...

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

The slow speed of science contributes to public concern about vaccines and reduced immunization coverage. Postauthorization safety research requires timely funding linked to the introduction of new .....

During his confirmation hearings, Robert F Kennedy Jr, now Head of US Health and Human Services (HHS), gave repeated reassurances to senators concerned about his credentials and beliefs. He promised t...

For more than two decades, the global community has united to fight the HIV pandemic, achieving remarkable progress. New HIV transmissions and AIDS-related deaths have dropped significantly, and milli...

Exclusive: Huge cuts to international aid – alongside intensifying conflict and the devastating impact of climate change – are creating a humanitarian crisis across Nigeria and its neighbours. Now, th...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the...

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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Each year, the CDC usually hires a new class of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as disease detectives.

The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

Undue influence by any political, corporate or social entity is against the core ethical principles of editorial independence and academic freedom

The landscape of scientific publishing, education, and healthcare research is facing unprecedented challenges as political decisions increasingly encroach

The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...

The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

A key priority is preventing the interruption of current HIV treatment and prevention medicines. This Q&A outlines advice when this is not possible.

Sari Reisner (University of Michigan School of Public Health, Boston, USA) on gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in the US and its effects on HIV a...

Monarez is the CDC's acting director and a longtime biosecurity expert with ties to former President Biden’s flagship health initiative.