vaccines

Public health is our passion at ACSH. We want to promote public health while simultaneously preserving individual liberty. That's been our goal since we were founded in 1978.

In an effort to take a bite out of the healthcare market and distinguish itself further from online retail giant Amazon, whose recent partnership with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co threatens to dominate the space, the United Parce

When I was a kid, there was no chickenpox vaccine. Getting chickenpox -- along with the requisite oatmeal bath -- was seen as a childhood rite of passage. It wasn't uncommon for kids who were uninfected to hang out with kids who were.

I hate bumperstickers for two reasons: (1) I do not want to know every political opinion held by the people driving in front of me on I-5; and (2) They often boil down extremely complex topics into ridiculously oversimplified mottos.

Like Pig-Pen from Peanuts, a cloud of filth follows Andrew Wakefield wherever he goes.

An NPR account of a teenager getting vaccinated despite his parents opposition is making the rounds in the press and on s

The public sphere is inundated with malicious messages about those who are fearful of or resistant to vaccination. Low hanging fruit that includes name-calling to overtly aggressive, vicious attacks abound (e.g.

The media hits keep coming. Here's where we appeared in recent days.

By Stacie Kershner, Georgia State University;

The New York Times has done something that it very rarely does: It wrote an editorial in support of biotechnology.