The takeaways after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions from senators during his confirmation hearings to potentially lead ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's ...

The Republican senator’s childhood bout with the disease has informed his ardent support for vaccines amid increasing ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated support for vaccines during Senate confirmation hearings follow a long history of disparaging them.

That almost messianic obsession — which arrogantly defies the weight of decades of science supporting the benefits of ...

Robert F. Kennedy’s first confirmation hearing Wednesday to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ...

Any NYT reader looking at the buzzy front page headline below would immediately think that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a madman. Can he really be an advocate for repealing the polio vaccine, a disease ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

Polio cases are surging in both countries. Can Pakistan and Afghanistan collaborate on eradicating the virus, even as their ...

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Measles vaccination rates in Texas have ...

"Influential people are once again twisting the truth about vaccines for their own gain," writes Eleanor Menzin.

Federal health agencies were ordered to pause all communications this week, but these Washington health organizations are still running.