The collapse reflects a widespread and mounting distrust of public health authorities, and the reason for that distrust is no mystery.

Outbreaks and high levels of illnesses (like the flu) have become more common as vaccination rates have fallen, especially ...

Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been ...

As Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings begin, some local physicians worry the anti-vaccine activist may ...

Aaron Siri, a lawyer advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he prepared to become health secretary, petitioned the Food and Drug ...

“So long as polio is still present in the world, the benefits of protecting children against paralysis far exceed any risks of this highly effective vaccine, particularly for the inactivated ...

ISLAMABAD — Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the year, police said. Pakistan has deployed thousands of ...

A longtime environmental lawyer with no experience working in public health administration or medicine, Kennedy is known for ...