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The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...

Shelby Hutton was a biologist studying sexually transmitted diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who ...

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President Donald Trump has nominated microbiologist Susan Monarez to be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

With vaccine skepticism on the rise, immunization rates in decline and public funds disappearing, the country faces its ...

If science is to reclaim credibility, it must be seen interrogating its own failures, not shielding them. That is ...

Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Pa. health experts say pandemic mistakes likely contributed to falling rates of vaccination against measles, other diseases.