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A novel vaccination approach developed by Vanderbilt Health researchers cleared the harmful gut bacterium Clostridioides ...

The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.

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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service reports a drop in statewide measles MMR vaccination rates, while religious vaccination exemptions rise for the fifth year in a row. This comes as ...

Controversial CDC vaccine committee misses deadline to post public agenda, putting planned meeting next week in limbo. Lack of notice violates federal rule, expert says.

A bill moving through the Georgia General Assembly could allow trained pharmacists to prescribe PrEP, a daily medication that can prevent HIV.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the head of the National Institutes of Health, has been named as the new acting director for the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a White House ...