Vaccinating a high percentage of individuals against COVID-19 is a key component of the global strategy to diminish the effects of the virus that first appeared in late 2019. Since the distribution of ...

Chances are good that you've heard a lot of ways to avoid, treat or cure COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). If what you heard doesn't mention a COVID-19 vaccine or COVID-19 medicine from your ...

Vaccine myths have outlived the studies that disproved them, and the gap between what the evidence shows and what many parents believe continues to widen. Large-scale cohort studies involving hundreds ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. Vaccine hesitancy isn’t new, Seth Berkley points out. “The first vaccine was smallpox vaccine,” he said on this week’s episode of the “First Opinion ...

Triggering sudden deaths in healthy young people was one of the most explosive accusations lodged against COVID vaccines, and one of the hardest to dislodge once it took hold. But a massive new study ...

A federal judge blocked parts of HHS's vaccine policy changes, siding with medical groups against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ...

CHICAGO — With 12 to 15-year-olds now cleared to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some are scrambling for appointments. But others are not convinced it’s safe. An online myth about whether the ...

Those eager to discredit Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, which is safe and effective, exploited the cruise ship outbreak.

Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health ...

With winter just around the corner, now is the perfect time to get vaccinated against seasonal flu and other viruses.