The drop in vaccination rates is blamed, at least partly, on anti-vaccine activism, leading to more parents claiming ...

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The public health community did a remarkable job during the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are aspects of our response that could’ve been better, starting first and foremost with ...

The search for vaccines to fight poliomyelitis started in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the search bore fruit with the introduction of two vaccines. The first was the Salk inactivated ...