In the early 1800s, Denmark’s government, medical community, church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine, which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disea ...

Immunization schedules work because they are grounded in evidence, continually reviewed, and adapted to the epidemiology and health system in which they operate.

The CDC announced Monday an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule that recommends fewer shots to all children.

Trying to import Denmark's vaccine schedule into the United States is like bolting a jet engine onto a toy plane.

And what this implies is rather striking, and rarely discussed by those outside of public health: that among their many purposes and benefits, vaccines have served now for decades as a kind of ...

The Jan. 5 White House graphic showed two babies, each surrounded by needles, with the text: "European Country: 11 injections ...

The Trump administration dramatically narrowed the childhood vaccine schedule this week and aligned immunizations more closely with Denmark's recommendations — a move months in the making. Why it ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has historically been the primary body for setting and evaluating immunization policy in the U.S. On Jan. 5, however, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the ...

Current vaccination rates among U.S. school-age children are too low to maintain effective herd immunity against several preventable diseases. Coverage for key vaccines such as MMR (measles, mumps, ...

The CDC's changes to the childhood vaccine schedule will affect access, clarity and trust in routine immunization. Here's ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule that recommends fewer shots to all children. Under the change — effective ...