Zoliflodacin, which will be marketed under the name Nuzolvence, is the first new drug to uniquely target gonorrhea infections ...

A single-dose oral antibiotic from a new class of drugs was as effective as the previous standard of care at treating ...

How a new recommendation on hepatitis B vaccination could add confusion for families and limit protection against other diseases.

New report suggests the number of children vaccinated against measles globally — which declined during the Covid-19 pandemic — is nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.

A panel that issues advice on U.S. vaccine policy appears prepared to vote to recommend a delay in when most babies begin to ...

Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead ...

The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined ...

The FDA’s top vaccine regulator asserted in a staff email that the Covid vaccine caused at least 10 kids' deaths, but experts ...

Hyacinth Empinado was the special projects editor for STAT’s multimedia team. Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and ...

As the number of cases of the paralytic disease fall, world health officials have to grapple with a vexing problem: a component of the most widely used polio vaccine now causes more disease than the ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

The drug is from a new class of antibiotics, the first new class in decades to be approved as a treatment for gonorrhea, ...