Many vaccines confer surprising knock-on, or indirect, health benefits when they have been put into widespread use.

Health economists are growing concerned about the future economic consequences of falling vaccination rates in the United States. In some regions, they are well below the level necessary to stop ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was appointed to the role last week, has offered to publicly endorse vaccination, in particular the measles vaccine, winning over some agency employees. By Apoorva Mandavilli ...

In early December, two political appointees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began an unusual quest: to find a division within the sprawling agency that could process a grant proposal ...

A new Stanford study published Thursday marks a big step forward in the creation of a new kind of vaccine that offers protection against a range of infections at once. Traditionally, vaccines protect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In early December, two political appointees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began an unusual quest: to find a ...

Interim influenza vaccine effectiveness for the 2025 to 2026 season appears to be lower than in recent influenza seasons.

A group of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations has suspended an anticipated push to stop recommending mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report March 12 on the effectiveness of the flu vaccine for the ...

As the Trump administration shakes up recommendations for childhood vaccines, a growing number of states are moving quickly to ensure vaccines remain free and health care workers are protected from ...