Vaccine Policy

A large measles outbreak in Bangladesh has killed nearly 400 people and produced more than 56,000 suspected cases, according to the country's Directorate General of ...

The Guardian live blog reports that Democratic primaries in Wisconsin (governor) and Minnesota (U.S. Senate) feature contests between progressive and more traditiona...

PBS NewsHour’s brief reported that President Trump signed an executive order directing fewer childhood vaccines and instructing that certain shots be spaced across s...

The Guardian live blog reports that the U.S. president directed the Pentagon to scale back certain combined military exercises with South Korea, calling the drills "...

Dr. Erica Schwartz, a retired Rear Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service with medical, law, and public health degrees who previously served as chief medical offi...

The World Health Organization and UNICEF released the 2025 WHO‑UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC). They report that 90% of infants worldwide...

Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned in protest last summer along with three other senior officials, told CBS News she observed turmoil and...

Senate HELP Committee Democrats released internal CDC emails they obtained from former CDC official Dr. Debra Houry showing interactions between CDC staff and the De...

Sen. Bill Cassidy spoke with CBS's Margaret Brennan about several topics after a June 25, 2026 Situation Room briefing. Cassidy said he originally voted for the War ...

KFF Health News reported on reactions among a small group of hunters and one hiker in Weldon Spring, Missouri, to the prospect of a new Lyme disease vaccine. Pharmac...

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who voted last year to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS, told CBS's Face the Nation that Kennedy has ...

All U.S. military branches have again required flu vaccinations for recruits earlier in June as an exception to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s April decision to ma...