The study also suggests that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

WASHINGTON, United States — Experts appointed by the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptic health secretary reviewed on Thursday the routine practice of administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborns ...

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today, and they could vote on possible changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave.

USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money ...

For the first time in more than three decades, the United States did not take part in World AIDS Day on December 1, a major ...

The "First World" consisted of the U.S., Western Europe and their allies. The "Second World" was the so-called communist bloc ...

Measles cases are surging as deaths from the disease go down globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Modelled estimates show that the annual number of measles cases decreased ...

For decades, measles vaccination has been a global success story. Deaths from measles dropped 88% around the world from 2000 to 2024, according to a new report from the World Health Organization, with ...

Environmental health expert explains why there is no human well-being without a healthy environment, and the climate changes’ impact on that ...