Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility
New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but…
Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates
PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical medical…
Sudan detects 5 more cases of monkeypox amid concerns
CAIRO — Sudan on Tuesday announced five more cases of the monkeypox virus, bringing the tally…
Monkeypox vaccine supply now sufficient, Biden officials say
The Biden administration says it has shipped enough monkeypox vaccine to deliver the first…
Panel details pressure campaign for unproven COVID treatment
WASHINGTON — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into…
Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron…
Polio virus found in New York wastewater, but no new cases
ALBANY, N.Y. — The polio virus was detected in wastewater samples from the suburban county…
If monkeypox spreads through sexual contact, is it an STD?
NEW YORK — For most of the six decades that monkeypox has been known to affect people, it was…
WHO: COVID origins unclear but lab leak theory needs study
GENEVA — Over two years after the coronavirus was first detected in China, and after at least…