On the campaign trail last October, President Trump promised to let his Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Robert F.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geek’s dream: hours of long, maybe dreary ...

Most Democratic-led states will continue to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, despite a CDC advisory panel’s vote ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy slammed the undoing of a key vaccine norm—via a CDC panel’s vote Friday—that he had worked to promote: ...

Public health experts warn any delay to the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine could threaten decades of progress.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed in an interview published Friday that he personally commanded the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slap a notice on its ...

A birth dose of the vaccine, recommended for newborns since 1991, is up to 90% effective in preventing infection from the mother if given in the first 24 hours of life.

And there is little relief coming. Data from recent years – a period that has coincided with drastic policy cuts in research ...

Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday criticized Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his vaccine policy, which he described as “going backwards.” “Well, the ...

Nov 21 (Reuters) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he personally instructed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its longstanding position that vaccines do ...

The future of children’s vaccines is on the agenda at today’s meeting of federal vaccine advisers, who are reviewing the ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday railed against what he called an “epidemic” of chronic disease. “My job as HHS secretary is to partner with the governors to ...