Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.

In 1986, a typical child was recommended to receive 11 vaccine doses — seven injections and four oral. Today, that number has risen to 50 to 54 doses by age 18, depending on whether one or two flu ...

At my son's recent well-child visit, our pediatrician said three little words that made me breathe a sigh of relief: "No shots today." No shots meant no tears and likely an easier dropoff at day care ...

Medical experts repeatedly reiterate how vital vaccinations are to global health. As of last spring, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that worldwide immunization efforts have saved at ...

Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID ...

President Trump’s return to office has supercharged the debate about childhood vaccinations. Trump himself recently stated that “children get these massive vaccines…like you give to a horse…they get ...

The American parents who are choosing to skip or delay vaccines for their children are more likely to home-school their children, be White and very religious, identify as Republican or be under 35, ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. Vaccines do not cause autism. You’ve almost certainly read that before — probably hundreds of times. But many people do not ...

For generations, adults in the U.S. have been told to roll up their sleeves for a tetanus and diphtheria booster every 10 years. But new research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests this ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...