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When vaccine programs pause, measles doesn't wait. Bangladesh, Samoa, and the U.S. show how gaps in coverage let a preventable disease surge back.

Two unvaccinated Lancaster County residents died of measles, a painful reminder that the disease remains dangerous and that vaccination makes its harms so rare.

Dolly Parton’s legacy extends beyond music: she funded vaccine research, promoted vaccination, supported children’s health, literacy, and disaster relief.

A history of U.S. religious vaccine exemptions, from early court battles to modern measles outbreaks, and why trust still matters.

A review of A Pox on Fools: Levenson shows anti-vaccine arguments haven't changed in 300 years—they just lost their excuse.

Enslaved Black children were turned into smallpox “vaccine factories” during the Civil War. This essay traces how medicine used their bodies as a supply chain.

Rabies gets the attention, but canine flu, distemper, and leptospirosis matter too, including for people. Why the vaccines dogs skip are worth taking seriously.

How vaccines, outbreaks, and global travel collided at South Africa’s 2010 World Cup, and what it revealed about immunization gaps worldwide.

A federal judge temporarily blocked RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy changes. Here's what the ruling means for families, clinicians, and the courts.

The long, unfinished hunt for a hantavirus vaccine, from Korean War outbreaks and Hantavax to DNA, mRNA, and urgent New World threats.