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Kulldorff, who chairs the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, or ACIP, raised questions about the decline of trust in federal health officials.

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As the Trump administration tries to upend vaccination practices, Allegheny County's top immunization official and a key advocacy group counter with research.

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The fault is not yours alone. You were just a bit player in a larger misinformation media ecosystem that was devoted to ...

A man makes his way onto the Martha’s Vineyard Ferry at Woods Hole Landing in Woods Hole, Mass on Friday, May 22, 2020, the ...

Even though Liam Dahlberg was vaccinated before his death earlier this year, he attended school in an Indiana county where ...

Here’s the Scoop: An NBC News investigation found childhood vaccine rates have dropped significantly. But does this matter if you or your child are vaccinated? NBC News medical contributor Dr. Kavita ...

Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a group are immune to a specific infection that it cannot spread easily from person to person. Vaccination programs have been successful in creating herd ...