Measles, mumps, and polio are supposed to be diseases of the past. In the early to mid-20th century, scientists developed ...

Putting enemies of science in charge of science policy is a formula for mass injury and death, history reminds us.

For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, ...

Colorado Governor Jared Polis, an out-gay Democrat, has raised eyebrows with recent social media postings. Polis expressed ...

Trump’s selection is sounding the alarm in the public health community and leaving the biotech and pharmaceutical industries ...

Prominent vaccine skeptic RFK, Jr., is a proven menace to public health. But with a bird flu outbreak looming, he is poised ...

If he is confirmed as H.H.S. secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s ...

The Senate must fully vet the nominee on all issues of importance to children, writes Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus ...

The HHS secretary would wield a dangerous amount of influence over a major sector that is a source of US economic prosperity.

US president elect Donald Trump met widespread criticism when he announced the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine denier, to head the Department of Health and Human Services when he takes ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, is involved in vaccine lawsuits against agencies he could wind ...

The chaos and disinformation spread by the first Trump administration threatened the health of our communities, especially ...