Getting Americans to wear a mask in the midst of a killer pandemic has not been an easy sell. People have actually been killed while defending their right to wear or not wear a facial covering.

How many vaccinations your child gets from birth through 12th grade may soon change after the CDC issued new guidelines.

The number of vaccination recommendations for U.S. children could drop to 11 from 17 if states follow revised immunization ...

The CDC changed its website on Wednesday to suggest there may be a link between vaccines and autism. The site previously stated that studies have shown "there is no link between receiving vaccines and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in critical condition. This year, the premier public health agency had its funding brutally cut and staff gutted, its mission sabotaged, and its ...

Instead of recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now officially advises women who test negative for the virus to consult health care ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended a long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in consultation with a healthcare ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending giving all infants a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after birth, approving a sweeping and highly ...

Given levels of population immunity to COVID-19, the value of continued vaccination has been questioned. New data showed that COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season provided protection against ...

As various illnesses have been surging nationwide, a number of states have brought in mask mandates to try to reduce the rate of transmission. Among vulnerable populations, many of the illnesses that ...

The CDC has formally adopted a recommendation from its vaccine advisory panel to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccination for every newborn at birth. The agency said Tuesday that the childhood ...

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 ...