(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Conversation asked epidemiologist Annette Regan to explain why pertussis has ...

It’s been a confusing time to be a parent. During the last few weeks, there have been frequent headlines about changes to U.S. childhood vaccine schedule. First, the recommended universal dose of the ...

UVA Health scientists have developed a promising new way to create vaccines that could be faster, cheaper and easier to distribute than current options. The University of Virginia School of Medicine’s ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was back testifying on Capitol Hill, giving members of Congress a chance to press him ...

Could a future vaccine against cancer be made better by an immune-boosting virus? Very likely, say Canadian scientists, who’ve proven its effectiveness in experiments on mice. Led by Université de ...