On Aug. 27, the Rutland Daily Herald reported that doctors believed an epidemic of cerebral meningitis, spinal meningitis and cerebro-spinal meningitis had hit the city and surrounding area. Over the ...

It’s her family that won’t affirm her having polio.

In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun to dismantle decades of vaccine safety ...

By cultivating a connected and founder-first ecosystem, Michigan aims to prove that economic growth can be inclusive, ...

On my left arm is a large scar – about the size of a silver dollar (for those who remember when dollars were also coins). It’s what remains of my smallpox vaccination.

Adacel Polio works by causing the body to produce its own protection against whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, and polio. It does this by making substances called antibodies in the blood, which ...

Science denial can be somewhat obvious, she said, such as ignoring medical advice, denying climate change or spreading misinformation on social media. But, Biberdorf said, it can also be more subtle, ...

When novelist Rachel Kushner — her latest book, Creation Lake, is in paperback this week — cooks at home, her meals draw on ...

I research, wear, and test health and fitness wearables here at Lifehacker. I also have a longstanding interest in public ...

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version ...