These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday. Over the ...

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran ...

LONDON — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi ...

Kennedy called on Gavi “to re-earn the public trust and to justify the $8 billion America has provided in funding since 2001, ...

THE Philippines faces mounting threats of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks as expected delays in vaccine supply ...

Legislative changes in states like Maine and Colorado aim to protect vaccine access and adapt to federal policy shifts ...

There's no solid evidence that thimerosal harms children. It was removed from almost all vaccines more than 20 years ago out ...

It’s a sound no parent wants to hear—that relentless cough that just won’t go away. Now, health officials are warning of a ...

Two proposed bills before the state Legislature would remove the religious exemption on vaccinations for children in K-12 ...

Children entering childcare or preschool have to be caught up on diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTaP); pneumococcal conjugate (PCV); H. influenzae Type B (Hib); polio; measles, mumps, rubella (MMR); ...