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By Kate Wells for KFF State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied in Michigan. The outbreaks of the highly contagious virus —…

Novato is one of the Northern California communities that have seen high concentrations of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, detected in local wastewater. (Santiago Mejia / Associated Press)A respiratory virus that doesn't have a vaccine…

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Vinay Prasad smiles for a portrait.…

As vital as vaccines are, they can be frustratingly selective about their targets.Scientists from institutions across the US have now developed a strikingly "universal" vaccine, which has protected mice against a range of viruses,…

As South Carolina grapples with a measles outbreak that has infected nearly 1,000 people, groups with ties to the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, are pushing to eliminate immunization requirements that protect…

With preventable infectious diseases surging and a top US vaccines adviser saying all vaccine recommendations may be reconsidered, experts are bracing for more polio cases while survivors say the medical system is not ready for polio.“We…

Health officials say a Northern Virginian with the measles may have exposed others to the virus in Fairfax County last week. Eight…

The exterior of the headquarters of Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 2025. (Photo by David L. Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty Images)THE VACCINE MAKER MODERNA decided this past week to tell the world about bad news it had received…

Planned US-funded baby vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau blasted by WHO BBCStatement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau World Health Organization (WHO)Guest post: The CDC hepatitis B study is unethical…

WASHINGTON — Top Food and Drug Administration official Vinay Prasad overruled the agency’s reviewers when he refused to accept Moderna’s application for a new influenza vaccine, STAT has learned.  Three agency officials familiar with…