Kennedy Jr., an ardent vaccine critic who would have been Weldon’s boss as health secretary. Perhaps Weldon’s biggest problem ...

University of Leeds researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access, a move that comes in the midst of a large measles outbreak fueled by unvaccinated children.

Currently, IPV is relatively expensive to produce because it requires high levels of bio-containment to minimise the risk of leaks of live poliovirus, which could result in outbreaks. VLPs are ...

The CDC recommends four doses of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which is 99% effective, before the age of 6. “If you drop immunization rates low enough in various areas, polio could come ...