Measles is the most contagious disease that we know. It spreads with unbelievable efficiency, in a nonimmune or a partially immune population,” says Dr. Adam Ratner, pediatric infectious disease ...

In his latest broadside against science, Kennedy is removing all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization ...

Dr. James Hildreth, an epidemiologist and head of Meharry Medical College, said he is 'baffled' over RFK Jr.'s changes to CDC vaccine advisory panel.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes ...

Kennedy uses the power of his office to retreat from more than 60 years of evidence-based science and destroy public ...

Measles, once declared eliminated in the U.S., has seen a resurgence, with recent cases linked to travelers passing through U.S. airports.

Dr. Helen Chu gained attention early in the COVID-19 pandemic as her repurposed flu research project identified the first case of coronavirus spreading from person to person in the United States.

Then Cassidy caved. In the speech he gave on the Senate floor explaining his decision, Cassidy said that he’d vote to confirm ...

Public health is worsening, autism rates are rising — and so are incident conspiracy theories, including claims that the root ...

Were you exposed to measles? Local and state health agencies are tracking potential exposures after an unvaccinated ...

Most adults in the U.S. have been vaccinated against measles, according to the CDC, but it's important to ... the recommended two doses of the measles vaccine. "We have a lot of susceptible ...