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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to discontinue funding for mRNA vaccines has alarmed scientists. But it is ...

Vaccine skepticism in the U.S. kills more children outside the U.S. — because it transfers that skepticism — than it does ...

The reshaping of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel has continued, with the apparent barring of reps of medical associations ...

Good morning. Today, we read about the implications of mRNA funding cuts on national security, see layoffs at gene-editing ...

By Helen Branswell July 23, 2025 Helen Branswell, STAT’s senior writer on infectious disease, has been reporting on H5N1 bird flu for 20 years.

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Prasad’s departure may outline the political limits of medical skepticism in the Republican party, at least when it comes to ...

Helen Branswell, who has been reporting on H5N1 bird flu for 20 years, covered the study. And while all of the outside experts she spoke to described the paper in glowing terms, not everyone is ...

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates fell last year, continuing a yearslong decline that started during the pandemic, ...

The FDA is still on track to meet its user fee targets despite a higher-than-normal vacancy rate among scientific reviewers.