The shingles vaccine reduced dementia risk by 20 percent in a recent study. The vaccine’s protective effect against dementia was more pronounced in women. Shingles vaccination is recommended for ...

For instance, it has temporarily stopped the shipments of its HPV vaccine Gardasil to China until mid-2025 due to weak discretionary spending. Despite these short-term challenges, Merck & Co., Inc ...

In her darkest hour, Jennifer remained focused on the bigger mission: advancing the research and getting the breast cancer vaccine to the women who still had a chance. Jennifer’s friend, Laura ...

In the past 25 years, ACIP has continued to guide vaccine policy as scientific breakthroughs have enabled immunizations against cervical cancer (via the HPV vaccine), shingles, and most recently ...

The Pentagon is trying to woo back to the military thousands of service members involuntarily discharged over refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination, starting with “letters of apology” sent ...

Robert Kennedy Jr. sat down exclusively with CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook for his first network TV interview since becoming Health and Human Services secretary. More of ...

More than a dozen vaccination clinics were canceled in Pima County, Arizona. So was a media blitz to bring low-income children in Washoe County, Nevada, up to date on their shots. Planned clinics ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

Right off the bat, the high-profile departure of Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., former director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was linked to his advocacy for vaccines ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the HPV vaccine for individuals as young as 9 years old, ideally before they become sexually active. The survey also addressed ...

DES MOINES — A minor’s ability to legally consent on their own to receiving the HPV vaccine would be removed under legislation passed by the Iowa Senate Monday, which critics argue would add ...

This is an adapted excerpt from the April 7 episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show.” On Saturday, thousands across the country took to the streets to protest the actions of the Trump administration.