Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

HISTORICAL FACTS: 21 | History Defined

Doctors say changes to US vaccine recommendations are confusing parents and could harm kids

Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children

The Independent UK

Life-saving therapies are being delayed as research funding dries up

Letter: Dr Carol S Leonard writes that mRNA vaccines are a way forward for those with melanoma, but hopes are dashed by financial cuts

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s childhood vaccination schedule just changed. Here’s why that’s actually reassuring

The UK has updated its childhood immunisation schedule. For parents who had already mapped out their child’s vaccination appointments in their heads, the announcement might have come as an unwelcome surprise.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘Shared decision-making’ for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for families already stretched thin

When federal health officials announced on Jan. 5, 2026, that they were taking six out of 17 vaccines off the childhood immunization schedule, they argued that the move would give parents and caregivers more choice.

The Conversation

Trump's former surgeon general: One year in, the war on vaccination is undoing the Trump administration's health agenda

Most voters want guidance from trained physicians and support continued vaccine innovation. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s contradict defy that mandate.

Fortune

How a common vaccine may help provide protection from dementia

Public health experts say a recent study indicates a pattern which is becoming difficult to dismiss

The Independent UK

Trump Scraps Child 'Jabs' For 'MAHA Moms' While Slurring Words at High-Stakes Conference

Trump administration slashes childhood vaccine recommendations from 17 to 11 diseases amid record measles outbreak while health concerns mount about the president's cognitive and physical wellbeing following visible struggles on Air Force One stairs and apparent speech difficulties at high-stakes press conferences.

International Business Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘Astounding’ vaccine change puts US behind peer countries, experts warn

Scientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccines

The Guardian - US

What to know about the changes to child vaccine recommendations in the US

This week, the United States announced an unprecedented change to its vaccine schedule, removing six recommended childhood shots. Here’s what to know.

Euronews

How a Common Flu Drug and Flu Vaccine Really Affect Kids With Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine Debate

Learn how a common flu drug affects seizure risk in children, and why pairing antivirals with the flu vaccine offers stronger protection from influenza.

Medical Daily

FACT FOCUS: Trump sows confusion on number of childhood vaccinations

President Donald Trump spread some confusion about childhood vaccinations in social media posts about changes to U.S. vaccine recommendations

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record

The Trump administration’s overhauling of the decades-old childhood vaccination schedule, announced by federal health officials on Jan. 5, 2026, has raised alarm among public health experts and pediatricians.

The Conversation

New Vaccine Recommendations

Plus: The difficulties of rebuilding trust in public health, Maduro's arraignment, U.S. threats against Greenland, and more...

Reason

US Announces Fewer Childhood Vaccine Requirements—Trump: 'No Longer Require 72 Jabs for Healthy Children'

The US updates its childhood vaccine schedule, recommending fewer shots and emphasizing personalized decisions, sparking debate over public health and disease prevention.

International Business Times UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

MMRV: what families need to know about the UK’s new chickenpox vaccine

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Here’s what parents need to know.

Axios

Trump administration sparks midterms vaccine war

Democrats immediately slammed Trump's overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule.

International Business Times UK

CDC Vaccine Schedule Changes Explained: What Parents Need to Know Right Now

CDC updates the childhood vaccine schedule after an international review. Here's what changed, what didn't, and what parents need to know now.

The Independent UK

Trump again urges pregnant women to avoid Tylenol as the CDC slashes recommended vaccines for children

The messaging echoed a series of comments from September where the president falsely claimed the active ingredient in over-the-counter painkillers was tied to rising autism diagnoses

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

High HPV vaccine uptake protects unvaccinated women

IN FULL

International Business Times UK

Robert F Kennedy Jr's Vision Realised: Four Vaccines Dropped From Kids' Schedule

The US revises its childhood vaccine schedule, dropping four shots and advancing Robert F Kennedy Jr's long-term goal, sparking debate among parents and health experts.

LiveScience

US government overhauls the childhood vaccine schedule in unprecedented move

Federal health officials are attempting to make the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule more like that of Denmark. Experts say the decision lacks scientific backing.

The Independent UK

Here's what to know about the unprecedented changes to child vaccine recommendations

U.S. health officials have made unprecedented changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts

The Independent UK

Study finds school HPV vaccine also cuts cancer risk in unvaccinated women

Researchers have discovered new ‘herd effects’ of school-based vaccination programmes

Saving Advice

7 Vaccines No Longer Covered Under Certain Plans

For the last several years, vaccines have been one of the few items in healthcare that felt “truly free.” However, entering 2026, the landscape of...

Fortune

America’s pediatricians reel as government slashes vaccine requirements for children

Among those left on the recommended-for-everyone list are measles, whooping cough, polio, tetanus, chickenpox and HPV.

1 … 20 21 22 23

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Department of Health and Human Services

the American Academy of Pediatrics

61 stories

STAT

33 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.