A polio case was confirmed in North Waziristan yesterday, taking this year's national tally to 14 cases. According to details, the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) said that a 19-month-old ...

A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out ...

The preservative is in a small share of flu shots and has been studied for decades. Experts say it’s safe — despite Kennedy’s long opposition.

Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability memoir more relevant than ever.

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines.

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As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked ...

On the other hand, the threat of polio still hovers over the children of neighbouring Pakistan, as the country reported more ...

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...