The majority of those affected were unvaccinated, with pressure mounting on vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. as he began his tenure as ...

The Nevada Independent is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news and opinion website founded in 2017 by veteran political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston. The site and its supporting channels are ...

Trump’s decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization, coupled with his elevation of RFK Jr., has no doubt hurt the ...

South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country, and US President Donald Trump’s aid freeze has hit ...

Turkey’s ramped-up exports come as avian flu has killed more than 140 million egg-laying birds in the United States since 2022, and 17 million alone in November and December. Fewer birds means fewer ...

Two weeks ago the USDA said it granted a conditional license for an H5N2 bird flu vaccine designed to work against variants of the H5N1 virus. It was the H5N1 virus that claimed the life of a ...

A small study on Covid vaccine safety has sparked an online tempest — and highlighted the conundrum faced by some scientists.

After a three-day delay, the West Virginia Senate approved Friday a bill to allow parents and guardians to cite religious or ...

Five years since the worst pandemic in a century began spreading across the globe, we find ourselves in a world where trust ...

In 2014 and 2015, our producers were ravaged by a devastating outbreak of avian influenza. This outbreak, and corresponding ...

Health authorities warned of further spread. Most U.S. measles cases this year involved people 19 and under and those without ...