From eradicating smallpox to battling the COVID-19 pandemic, these vaccine pioneers have helped make colossal strides in ...

A new vaccine technique can fight a certain type of breast cancer in mice. So-called HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for between 20 and 30 percent of all cases of breast cancer in humans.

Receiving two doses of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) in the first year of influenza vaccination is associated with improved protection for children younger than 3 years versus one dose, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated guidance on the use of a newly licensed pentavalent ...

The CDC never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...

Measles and smallpox, for example, are viruses; Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterium that causes a range of diseases, ...