False claims about racial susceptibility to COVID by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and others are dangerous and reveal a widespread misunderstanding of our shared vulnerability to disease
COVID hospitalizations are slowly rising again this summer, causing scientists and clinicians to rethink if or when the disease will become a seasonal illness
States will get less funding for childhood vaccines, a move linked to the recent debt ceiling deal
Staged arguments with antivaccine cranks or other science deniers gets scientists nowhere. Trust me, I tried
There are safeguards to ensure they won’t end up in your food
An mRNA vaccine prevented tumor recurrence after surgery in eight of 16 patients, but the therapy still needs to be validated in larger trials
Decades of failed attempts have given way to several successful vaccines and treatments for the respiratory disease RSV
The FDA has authorized a second updated COVID booster for older people and immunocompromised individuals. Most healthy adults still have to wait
A vaccine pioneer tells us that shots to protect against RSV—a dangerous virus for babies and older people—are finally nearing approval.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic three years ago. Here’s what’s changed since then
Although most experts say bird flu is not an immediate threat to humans, efforts are underway to produce vaccines for H5N1 or another potential pandemic virus
Pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit or die than those who are uninfected, but vaccination significantly reduces the risk
Some scientists say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s suggestion of updating COVID vaccines each year, as happens with influenza vaccines, could boost uptake. But others are less convinced...
The BCG vaccine might assist in preventing a range of major diseases...
Your questions answered about what RSV is, how it spreads, what vaccines are on the way and who is most at risk
From reviving dead pig organs to measuring viruses in our poop, here are some of the most intriguing medical advances of the year
RSV is the number one reason children are admitted to hospitals. Progress in developing preventatives raises hopes of changing that
Vaccines saved New York City billions of dollars, and China faces public fury over its strict virus-control policies.
Health care workers in Uganda will be among the first people to receive candidate Ebola vaccines in a clinical trial that could expand the available tools for the control of Sudan ebolavirus outbreaks...
In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity...
