These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth birthday. Over the ...

More than 6 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's disease, a number predicted to rise as our population ages.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, may sound like a disease from the past, but it is making a comeback. Adults are often the ones ...

I was literally nauseated by Kennedy’s remarks” about Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.

For decades, one of the world’s most contagious diseases was considered eradicated in the U.S. But today, measles is roaring ...

Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

Pertussis infections have surged in recent months, and some people may need an additional shot for protection. By Teddy Rosenbluth After a brief lull during the pandemic, whooping cough has ...

Nunavut’s health department has declared an end to tuberculosis outbreaks in Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet. Arviat and Naujaat ...

Kennedy called on Gavi “to re-earn the public trust and to justify the $8 billion America has provided in funding since 2001, ...

This could be America’s future if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his rampage against public health—and it may arrive much ...