WASHINGTON — Tuesday night marks the deadline for incumbents and aspiring politicians to decide whether or not they’re ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) on Tuesday announced the launch of its own “evidence-based review process” of vaccine safety and efficacy for the next respiratory viral season, an apparent ...

Six waterfowl hunters were rescued from a disabled boat on the Nanticoke River. Local fire crews were unable to reach the hunters due to thick ice and frozen boat ramps. A Maryland Department of ...

Chances are, if you were born before 1980, you had chickenpox at some point. Today, the highly contagious disease is rare in the U.S., owing to the efficacy of the vaccine, but the varicella-zoster ...

As the Trump administration erodes U.S. infrastructure supporting infectious disease vaccines, mRNA heavyweight Moderna plans to pull away from late-stage clinical trial investments in the area. “We ...

This past week has brought a dizzying back-and-forth about a U.S.-funded medical research trial. Many public health experts call the study unethical and unnecessary, likening it to the infamous ...

A nasty rash isn’t the only thing this shot may spare you from. A new study from the University of Southern California found that a recommended vaccine for older adults may not only prevent a painful ...

Gaithersburg-based Novavax said Tuesday it signed a licensing agreement allowing Pfizer access to its technology that boosts immune responses to vaccines for use in up to two infectious diseases, and ...

Seven prominent medical associations on Monday sued to reverse changes to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood vaccine recommendations. The lawsuit was brought by the American ...

A controversial hepatitis B vaccine safety trial will go on as planned in Africa, amid concerns over its ethics and design from medical experts. That’s despite news reports of its cancellation, ...

Ezekiel J. Emanuel is an oncologist, medical ethicist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Friedrichs was the inaugural director of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and ...

A majority of counties across the U.S. are seeing a steady rise in vaccine exemptions for religious or personal beliefs among children entering kindergarten, a trend that has accelerated since the ...