: 1 in 4 infants live in fragile or conflict-affected countries, but these countries account for half of all zero-dose children. So where do we go from here? Now that global immunization coverage has ...

Measles outbreaks have hit multiple U.S. states, vaccination & rapid reporting are critical to limit the spread & hospitalizations ...

The United States surpassed a milestone in reported measles cases, with 2025 now having the most cases since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 and the most cases in more than ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices advises the CDC on how to use licensed vaccines—and the CDC usually listens.

Both oral and injected poliovirus vaccines are safe and effective at protecting against polio.

published in December in JAMIA Open and led by Department of Health Policy and Management researchers including Elham Hatef, MD, MPH, and Jonathan P. Weiner, DrPH, aims to address inequities in ...

If past is prologue, federal environmental protections may see a rollback—but state and local efforts could stem the damage.

A new report from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that life expectancy in the United States is, on average, 78.6 years versus 81.3 ...

Heart disease, overdoses, firearm violence, and motor vehicle crashes—in that order—are responsible for a 2.7-year difference in life expectancy in the U.S. compared with England and Wales, according ...

Outbreaks of H5N1 continue to rise in dairy cattle and poultry, as well as in other wild and domesticated animals, including the first confirmed infection in a pig. Human cases also continue to occur, ...

Why is there fluoride in the U.S. water supply? What are the benefits? In the first part of the 20th century, dental caries [dental decay and cavities] were very prevalent, costly conditions that ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. saw dramatic reductions in infections spread by the respiratory route, including measles and pertussis. These two diseases are also vaccine-preventable, and the ...