The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending giving infants a dose of the ...
The hepatitis B vaccine is crucial in preventing transmission, especially in infants, with a 3-dose series starting at birth. Despite evidence supporting vaccine safety, skepticism persists due to ...
A new policy that recommends offering hepatitis B vaccine at birth only to babies perceived to be at risk will lead to ...
Vaccine skeptics could see a significant win this week as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel weighs key changes to the childhood immunization schedule. The ...
Delaying hepatitis B vaccination after birth increases infections among newborns and decreases their survival rates and ...
A key vaccine committee, newly appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted against recommending certain vaccines that contain a preservative long targeted by ...
Your child needs vaccines to protect them from serious illnesses. Researchers and experts develop and maintain a vaccine schedule to ensure children have all recommended vaccines at the appropriate ...
In 1905, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory vaccination of children to attend public schools was neither “arbitrary ...
A new Lyme disease vaccine made by Pfizer and Valneva could lower infection rates of the tick-borne illness, but federal approval and patient uptake could be a challenge ...
What happens when public health policy is reshaped not by evidence, but by ideology? In a striking rebuke, a federal court ...
Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp ...