The CDC announced that it is changing its childhood vaccination schedule to align with other developed nations.

After the Trump administration upended childhood vaccine planning, some parents are confused and some are more determined to vaccinate their children.

WASHINGTON — President Trump praised the “common sense” announcement by federal health officials Monday to stop recommending childhood vaccination for six illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control ...

The January 5, 2026 decision to revise the US childhood vaccine schedule marks a turning point in the destruction of public ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule that recommends fewer shots to all children. Under the change — effective ...

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Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found. By Paula Span Let’s be clear. The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two ...

Canada can’t afford to lose expert voices at a moment when the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases is rising. Yet our work ...

Opting out of childhood vaccines is becoming more common across most of the United States, leaving larger shares of the ...

Vaccine policy now tracks political identity more closely than epidemiology,” write Richard Hughes IV and Lawrence O. Gostin.

In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends ...