Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The program, known as VICP, provides a system for families to file claims against vaccine providers in cases where they …
6:11 PM / September 18, 2025 After confusion, committee votes to allow vaccine program coverage for a combined MMRV vaccine After much confusion among the members over the vote on vaccine coverage under the Vaccines for Children program, which helps certain groups pay for immunizations, the majority voted no, …
At the end of summer, Congress is often sleepy, and slowly gets back to work. But this past week was an exception. On Capitol Hill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrived, and the controversial Health and Human Services Secretary sparked a reckoning over public health in America. At a hearing before …
Florida officials announced that the state will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates, becoming the first in the U.S. to do so. Health experts say such a move raises the risk of deadly disease outbreaks. Students have long been required to receive vaccinations for once-common childhood illnesses like …
Measles is still making headlines in 2025, prompting questions about the life-threatening disease and how to prevent it. Here’s what to know as the U.S. grapples with its biggest measles outbreak in years. Measles outbreak The largest measles outbreak so far this year has been in West Texas, where health …
When a routine scan led to Barbara Brigham’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2020, all she could think about was how she wanted more time. Her husband had just passed away. She loved her local library job. Her three children were still growing their own families. She turned to her care team …
Johannesburg — The Democratic Republic of Congo, at the epicenter of a global health emergency declared over a still-growing mpox outbreak, received a first delivery of 99,000 vaccines for the virus Thursday, with a second delivery of 101,000 expected Saturday, the head of the World Health Organization said. Congolese health …
Measles is on the rise in the United States. So far this year, the number of cases is about 17 times what it was, on average, during the same period in each of the four years before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of the people …
Despite the availability of an effective vaccine against the Hepatitis B virus for over 30 years, its uptake has been low in India due to poor knowledge and lack of awareness, according to a study by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global …
Pakistan’s noted medical varsity, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), developed an anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) namely “Dow Rab”, a dog bite vaccine which is made available to victims on a phone call. Initially, this facility has been introduced in Sindh province, which will later be spread across the country. The …