Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist recently appointed as chair of a highly influential federal vaccine committee, ...

Researchers found an association between increased activity in a reward region of the brain—primarily stimulated by hopeful thinking—and heightened levels of protective antibodies after receiving a va ...

Shared clinical decision-making assumes access that many families lack, risking lower vaccination rates, wider inequities, and harm to children and public health.

A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.

Confused about childhood vaccines in 2026? This expert-backed guide explains what shots your child needs, when they need them, how schedules have changed, and what today’s political climate means for ...

Believing that childhood vaccines cause autism or that eating a lot of watermelon can act as a natural sunscreen may seem like just easily dismissible, crackpot conspiracy-theory thinking to ...

Under the 2024 schedule, which has been discontinued, babies could have received anywhere from 12 to 30 shots before their second birthday ...

In 2025, more than 420 bills were introduced to weaken public health measures for vaccines, milk safety, and fluoride. What ...

The CDC first recommended annual flu shots for all children 6 months and older in 2008, when it expanded the recommendation ...

The CDC never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...

The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, ...

Since the pandemic, more than half of counties in the U.S. reported an increase in kindergartners' opting out of vaccination ...