Whether you’re a teenager, planning a pregnancy, or in your golden years, the right immunizations can prevent life-altering ...

President Donald Trump's administrations have been notorious for an array of "alternative facts" — ranging from the ...

With the Supreme Court taking suo motu cognisance of the dog bite case in Delhi recently, the focus has turned towards rabies ...

The National Health Service (NHS) wants to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040, but says it needs to achieve a 90% vaccination rate by 2030. To do so means tackling the three Cs of vaccine hesitancy: ...

The move would add another barrier for parents who want to vaccinate healthy children ahead of the respiratory virus season.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in ...

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The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father’s ...

The shooting at the CDC was by a person who absorbed and accepted misinformation by politicians including Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., writes a former CDC director.

Public health officials are warning of an increase in cases of chikungunya in England after travellers caught the infection ...