The vaccine ingredient has long been a talking point for anti-vaccine activists. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ...

Asian shares were mixed Thursday in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost less than 0.1% to ...

The Dow is up 596.27 points, or 1.2%. The Nasdaq is up 305.69 points, or 1.3%. The Russell 2000 is up 18.66 points, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 is up 1,050.42 points, or 17.8%. The Dow is up 6,186.94 points, ...

Wall Street was largely unchanged early Wednesday as markets hovered near record levels on a holiday-shortened trading day.

The estate of the late billionaire Robert Brockman has reached an agreement to pay $750 million in back taxes and penalties, settling a civil suit that stemmed from what the government had called the ...

Asian markets are mostly higher after the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 closed at another record high following a report that the ...

The Trump administration has stated it wants the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule to look more like peer nations such as Denmark. Critics say the U.S. has different health threats.

The Southern Nevada Health District is issuing a warning of potential measles exposure at Harry Reid International Airport on Dec. 13.

Vaccine safety monitoring in the US is a multilayered process that combines passive and active functions, as well as expert ...

NPR's Rob Stein explains why covering vaccines is no longer routine science journalism, but a political battleground.

The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a “black box” warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans, the latest move by President Donald Trump’s ...

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