An all-hands meeting at the CDC to discuss the attack on the agency on Friday was brief and chaotic, staffers say.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya offered an explanation for the cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts that didn't align with ...

Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to discontinue funding for mRNA vaccines has alarmed scientists. But it is ...

Vaccine skepticism in the U.S. kills more children outside the U.S. — because it transfers that skepticism — than it does ...

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Good morning. Today, we read about the implications of mRNA funding cuts on national security, see layoffs at gene-editing ...

A companion editorial cites poorer access to health care, physical inactivity, and guns in the home, among other factors.

There’s a man named Mark who can control an iPad with his thoughts. Others will soon join him, thanks to a new partnership ...

Helen Branswell, who has been reporting on H5N1 bird flu for 20 years, covered the study. And while all of the outside experts she spoke to described the paper in glowing terms, not everyone is ...

The FDA is still on track to meet its user fee targets despite a higher-than-normal vacancy rate among scientific reviewers.

Prasad’s departure may outline the political limits of medical skepticism in the Republican party, at least when it comes to ...