Vaccines
From Covid-19 to RSV and beyond, get the latest on vaccine news and developments.


RFK Jr. wanted parents to question the science. A study of 12 million newborns shows they listened.


William Foege helped give us a world without smallpox. We’re marking his death by letting measles come back.


The CDC is recommending fewer vaccines for kids.


America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.


The former Louisiana surgeon general has shared debunked theories about vaccines and autism.


Who’s really in charge on health policy?


Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved the lives of 1.7 million people in poor countries


How MAHA gets American history wrong.


mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives. RFK Jr. is attacking them anyway.


The world’s war on child death was going well. Then RFK Jr. came along.


Anti-vaxxers are coming for health recommendations parents rely on.


How to navigate a world where MAHA is setting vaccine policy.


The government gives great guidance on vaccination. Or at least it used to.


The HHS secretary is tampering with vaccine recommendations.


We’re in the middle of the worst measles outbreak in 30 years.


Our Covid mistakes did lasting damage. No one wants to talk about it.


From mRNA vaccines to remote work, the technologies that blunted the worst of the pandemic.


Nasal vaccines are more effective and easier to get to the people who need it most.


And four other burning bird flu questions, answered.


Preventing the disease can improve the quality of life for thousands.


Rwandan public health officials have a strategy that could help prevent further outbreaks.


Israel’s attacks on Gaza created conditions for polio to spread. Now, a vaccination campaign is racing against time.


Who should actually get the jab, and when?


A first case outside of the continent has been detected in Sweden. What’s next?


Covid’s summer surge, explained


It is almost hard to believe just how effective vaccines are at saving infants’ lives.


Disease surveillance has so far kept the infection at bay in the US, but the CDC has renewed concerns.


How to prevent and treat colds, the flu, Covid-19, and more.


What good is a miraculous vaccine if nobody wants to take it?


The broken US health care system is a long-term barrier to Beyfortus access.


A new study shows how anti-vaxxers quickly regroup when Facebook removes vaccine misinformation.


Everyone over 6 months should get a new shot, according to the CDC. Should we expect this every year?


What to know about the new RSV antibody shot.


And more RSV vaccines are on the way.


For most Americans, it’s pretty simple — at least, for now.


What we can learn from the shot that protected a generation of women from cancer.

Covid-19 vaccines helped stem the pandemic, but public skepticism about them could doom future vaccines.


The vaccines, along with other preventative treatments, could change cold season as we know it.


We have safe, effective options — but in short supply.


4 high schoolers on summer plans, vaccination dreams, and how they’re eager for a break.