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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The CDC's changes to the childhood vaccine schedule will affect access, clarity and trust in routine i. Here's what parents can do moving forward.

The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. Local ...

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 never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...

Under the 2024 schedule, which has been discontinued, babies could have received anywhere from 12 to 30 shots before their second birthday ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its 2026 child and adolescent immunization schedule, which continues to ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics says it will continue recommending routine vaccines against 18 diseases despite a revised ...