A rare but serious clotting disorder linked to certain COVID-19 vaccines and natural adenovirus infections has puzzled scientists for years.

The use of DNA scaffolds could mark a turning point in HIV vaccine design. Scientists at Scripps Research and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new vaccine platform based ...

The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to a new novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), in a move it said will support ...

After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has ...

Scientists have mapped how genetics and life experiences leave lasting epigenetic marks on immune cells. The discovery helps ...

KwaZulu-Natal leaders intensify efforts to combat the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, as vaccine shipments arrive and urgent ...

A serious strategy treats monitoring as a communal norm—tracking local incidents, online narratives, and institutional responses with discipline. Not as paranoia, but as data. When you can map ...

But the first locally-produced vaccine could become a major ally in fighting the disease.

South Africa has begun the first human trials of a locally developed HIV vaccine to defeat a virus that still kills around one person per minute worldwide.

Since measles vaccination became common among Americans, the logic of outbreaks has been simple: When vaccination rates fall, infections rapidly rise; when vaccination rates increase, cases abate. The ...

The consequences of the anti-vaccine movement reach beyond today’s controversies. Scott Gottlieb is a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He serves on the boards of Pfizer and ...