A new Stanford study marks a big step forward in the creation of a new kind of vaccine that offers protection against a range of infections at once. Traditionally, vaccines protect against one ...

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, claims that vaccines can cause severe disease have been widespread on social ...

The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S.

After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has ...

"I think what we have is a universal vaccine against diverse respiratory threats." The post Stanford’s New “Universal Vaccine ...

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"You know, an anti-science attitude together with an anti-vaccine attitude is not very good for the public health of the country or the world," Fauci said.

RFK Jr.'s attacks on vaccines go beyond changing the childhood immunization schedule. Now he's taking aim at vaccine R&D itself.

The move is further in line with HHS Secretary Kennedy's anti-vaccine policies ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it will not review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, despite late-stage trials showing it was safe and effective. The rejection has many in and ...

Leading vaccine researchers say that the proposed vaccine trials could lead to unreliable conclusions on already-approved vaccines.

Two of the state’s top political leaders — Sen. Jim Justice and Gov. Patrick Morrisey — are now taking jabs at one another over the efficacy of vaccinations, with Justice, the state’s former governor, ...