Cancer vaccines harness the power of the immune system to stop tumors in their tracks. They work a little differently than ...

On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the ...

I could discuss risks and benefits in a more sophisticated way if I better understood a patient's risk versus their ...

Giving people an uncontextualized list of possible vaccine side effects is not the kind of "informed consent" worth promoting ...

Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease caused by a virus, and can be severe or even fatal. According to the U.S.

Texas is facing its largest measles outbreak in nearly 30 years, with 124 confirmed cases as of February 25, 2025. The outbreak, which started in late January, has been most severe in Gaines County, ...

The CDC has issued a level one Travel Health Notice (THN) for a 'highly contagious virus outbreak' that is currently ...

Vaccines are the best defense against many infections, health-care experts said, and they encouraged people to stay up to date on their shots for themselves and their children. Some vaccines ...

Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers have developed two strains of mycobacteria with 'kill switches' that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate an ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says at least three African vaccine manufacturers are expected to ...

Veteran vaccine researcher Arturo Casadevall gives a podcast primer on vaccinations, from how they work on a molecular level to common misconceptions ...