Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH, was there when the CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) first came online in 1990, when the agency convinced four health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to contribute data to assess vaccine safety.

In a major policy shift, federal health officials anticipate the shots will be made available to adults 65 and older as well as children and younger adults who have one or more risk factors that make them more vulnerable to severe COVID-19.

Two global health groups that fund billions of dollars worth of critical medical aid - from childhood vaccines to malaria treatments - are in talks about merging some functions to help combat a financing crunch,

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy

Thinking of getting the shingles shot? Recent research suggests that it may protect against more than just the virus.

Vaccine rejection in some communities in Adamawa State is making the state government uneasy. The state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta,

Medical authorities worldwide have established the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine against chickenpox, despite US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that the shot is not used in Europe.

The UK will offer a vaccine originally intended to prevent meningitis, which is caused by a bacteria with a similar genetic profile to the one that causes gonorrhoea. View on euronews