Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

JOFFE-BLOCK: One of the most prominent spreaders of that kind of propaganda was Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's now Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services. A very real consequence of declining ...

In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several ...

That era might now be over. In recent years, the U.S. had already begun to neglect its public-health infrastructure, ...

Public health officials say they expect the measles outbreak to last for at least several more months and the case number is likely an undercount.

Last month, for the first time in two decades, a 6-year-old child in the U.S. died due to measles. Just a few weeks later, a ...

There are quite a lot of things viruses can teach us, if we are willing to listen. They can teach us what American scientists ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

The fears over mRNA-vaccine grant cancellations come after NIH staff members were instructed to compile a list of grants for ...

The measles outbreak continues in the United States. We look at what kind of threats it presents, how long it might go on and how people can keep themselves safe.

Vaccines could help suppress bird flu and avoid the slaughter of millions of chickens, but the move has been delayed in part ...