Vaccines

Fewer kids got their routine childhood vaccines since before the pandemic. Are lack of access and a loss of trust in science to blame?

A pandemic film shows that compassion and civil dialogue might be the best antidote to vaccine distrust

Access to pediatric COVID vaccines has been hampered by a shortage of doses, higher costs to providers and parental skepticism

Unions are good medicine, spurring vaccinations in their wider communities while overcoming pandemic politics

Research on what makes people willing to donate organs shows how to motivate many of the unvaccinated this fall

Novavax’s protein-based vaccine is the latest FDA-authorized COVID booster available this fall. Here’s what you should know

The CDC is emphasizing how the flu vaccine can turn the virus from “Wild to Mild”

Vaccinologist Peter Hotez explains how the movement to oppose science and scientists has gained power

But dengue in wealthy countries could divert medication away from poorer nations that may need it more

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for mRNA vaccine discoveries that made highly effective COVID vaccines possible

The RSV vaccine is the latest in a series of immunizations that could protect pregnant people and their babies from severe disease and death

Here’s what to know about the fall COVID boosters, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended for all people aged six months and older