During a contentious meeting dominated by racist innuendo and anti-vaccine talking points, advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today voted to delay a decision on whether to recommend scaling back infant vaccinations for hepatitis B, a virus that kills 1.1 million people around the world each year.

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule, potentially delaying a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine given to newborns by weeks or even years.

Major changes are underway at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following President Trump’s and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s dismissal of director Susan Monarez and the subsequent resignations of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed an unprecedented global crisis, challenging public health systems and igniting fierce debates over everything from virus origins to vaccine efficacy and government transparency.

For decades, health-related statements by major professional health associations such as the American Medical Association (AMA) agreed with those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) because both relied on the same body of scientific knowledge,

This story was originally reported by Barbara Rodriguez of The 19th. Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Although a majority of Americans are confident that childhood vaccines are highly effective against serious illness,

Kennedy Jr., who is the CDC's acting director.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Some public health experts condemned the appointment. "Dr. Abraham is unqualified,

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today, and they could vote on possible changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates from the meeting.