vaccines

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.

By Matthew Motta, University of Pennsylvania;