Vaccines

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Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T cells.
Science

This parasite rips apart human cells and wears them as disguises

By Andrew Paul

a bandage with daffy duck from looney tunes on a child's arm
Health

Why using the same arm for vaccines might boost the body’s response

By Laura Baisas

a box labeled measles, mumps, and rubella virus vaccine and two vials
Health

New study: US could see millions of measles cases if vaccination rates keep dropping

By Laura Baisas

Alexander Milton Ross
Health

The bombastic 19th-century anti-vaxxer who fueled Montreal’s smallpox epidemic

By Sabrina Sholts / MIT Press Reader

A doctor puts a bandage on the upper arm of a senior citizen.
Health

CDC recommends Americans 65 and over get additional COVID-19 vaccine

By Laura Baisas

A syringe with a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine next to its packaging.
Health

How to check your measles vaccination status amid outbreak

By Laura Baisas

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. This is an illustration of the two scientists.
Health

mRNA vaccine innovators win the Nobel Prize in medicine

By Laura Baisas

Do I need a COVID booster? And all of your other questions answered.
Health

Do I need a COVID booster? And all of your other questions answered.

By Arthur Allen/KFF Health News

Kid with blonde hair wearing a blue COVID mask holding books and a backpack on the first day of school
Health

How to avoid getting COVID again

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Meningococcal bacteria under a microscope. According to the World Health Organization, meningitis caused an estimated 25,000 deaths in 2019.
Health

Meningitis shot that fights 5 different strains shows promise in latest trial

By Laura Baisas

Box of iHealth COVID rapid tests being distributed at a school before the US COVID public health emergency ended
Health

Your guide to COVID testing for the unforeseeable future

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

An older woman sits on a hospital bed.
Health

FDA approves first RSV vaccine for adults after 60 years in the making

By Laura Baisas

CDC zombie preparedness guide comic panel from 2011
Health

That time the CDC got people hyped for a zombie apocalypse

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

Dermatologist checking moles on skin cancer patient's back
Health

5 skin cancer-care tools you should look out for

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Oxford malaria vaccine application kit
Health

Ghana is the first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

By Jamie Dickman

A masked lab worker uses a pipette and a test tube.
Health

White House invests $5 billion in new COVID vaccines and treatments as national emergency ends

By Laura Baisas

Three vials of COVID-19 vaccine in front of the World Health Organization's logo.
Health

Healthy adults don’t need to keep getting COVID-19 boosters, says WHO

By Laura Baisas

A winning picture of mutated pollen grains, colorized, from the Koch Institute Image Awards.
Science

Under a microscope, mouse colons and mutant pollen become art

By Popular Science Team

A good night’s sleep could help vaccines work better
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A good night’s sleep could help vaccines work better

By Sara Kiley Watson

Syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on a table with bandaids and a fan.
Health

Moderna says it will keep its COVID-19 vaccine free (for now)

By Laura Baisas