The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for people with one or more risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes. These risk ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work ...

"I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me,” said the health and human services secretary, whose job is to ...

Kennedy defended the White House's requested budget for his agency in back-to-back hearings before the Senate's health ...

The researchers developed a simulation model to estimate the impact of declining vaccination rates for measles, rubella, polio, and diphtheria across all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. They used ...

WASHINGTON, April 23, 1955 (INS) - President Eisenhower expressed the nation's gratitude Friday to Dr. Jonas E. Salk while officials disclosed that enough Salk polio vaccine will be available by ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan began Monday a weeklong second nationwide vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 45 million children from polio ... has awarded Washington State University with ...

To further strengthen immunity and curb transmission, a synchronized polio vaccination campaign will take place from 24 to 28 April 2025, targeting high-risk and mobile populations in border areas ...

and eager parents started lining up their kids to receive a dose of a new polio vaccine, a much-anticipated weapon against this devastating and feared disease. This week marks 70 years since the first ...

There are two types of polio vaccine in use. One is the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), and the other the live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). The IPV is made by "killing" large ...

On April 12, 1955, researchers announced the first polio vaccine, which was instantly ... according to University of Washington Magazine. "The kids were among the very first humans to get the ...