Washington’s cut to funding for a global vaccine alliance could undo decades of progress in the fight against malaria, just as several African nations approach eradicating the disease.

William (Bill) Foege, credited by many for shepherding the smallpox eradication effort to completion, died Saturday at the ...

He has said he won’t. There are some good reasons not to believe him.

A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday ...

William Foege, a leader in the global fight to eliminate smallpox, has died. Foege passed away on Saturday at the age of 89, according to the Task Force for Global Health, a public health organization ...

Thimerosal is a mercury-containing preservative that’s been used in small amounts in some multidose vaccine vials since the ...

William Foege, the physician whose vaccination strategy became central to eliminating smallpox worldwide—one of history's ...

Health and Human Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. blamed the major tobacco companies for manufacturing bad, ultra-processed ...

Nearly half of the databases that public health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were updating on ...

The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause the disorder.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reshaped a key federal autism advisory board, appointing members who have echoed his controversial views, including promoting debunked claims linking ...