(Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his hearing before Congress last week doubled down on his plans to revamp the vaccine approval process. The health and human services ...

"My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant," he said in response to the question from Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin during the House Appropriations Committee hearing. "I don't want to ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on May 22, 2025, to include new information about FDA plans to change COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. May 22, 2025 – COVID-19 vaccines are making ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, but limited its use to older adults and people over the age of 12 with conditions that put them at risk due to the illness.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 was detected in stool specimens of two healthy children in PNG earlier in May. Vaccine-derived ...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and top U.S. vaccines regulator Vinay Prasad wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that the benefit of repeated annual shots for healthy adults was uncertain ...

The FDA has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid), but with unusual restrictions. Novavax makes the nation's only traditional protein-based coronavirus vaccine ...

Australia is spending $5 million towards vaccinations in Papua New Guinea after the declaration of a polio outbreak in its close northerly neighbour. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has ...

Kennedy Jr. faced angry protesters and aggressive questioning from Democrats about everything from his record of sowing mistrust in vaccines to massive staff cuts at the department. Kennedy ...

“Overall vaccination rates have dropped over the past few years since COVID because of all the politicization of vaccines,” Blumberg said. “Even a few percent drop in vaccination rates can ...