It may seem like a logical—even necessary—step to boost rates, but it would undermine many important health care reforms.

While it’s understandable that we’re steadily moving toward requiring people to get the jab, it’s too soon to give up on increased access and friendly persuasion.

Those who claim that vaccine resistance is an expression of liberty are historically illiterate.

The blue versus red vaccine divide is troubling from a public health perspective—and terrifying from a democratic perspective.

The “Beauty Myth” author has gone from being a feminist icon to an anti-vaxxer banned by Twitter. But she’s always struggled with the truth.

People don’t trust an industry known for bureaucratic traps and surprise billing to save them from the pandemic.

Politicians like Chris Christie have weaponized science to serve their agendas.

He needs to prove that he is serious about breaking the policies of inequity and favoritism that flourished under Trump.

There’s no inoculation for what this election season might do to the vital science of ending the pandemic.

How a new class of outsider experts is exploiting institutional failures and destabilizing knowledge

The derangements of our current era could threaten the rock-solid legal precedents that provide states with the right to act in the interests of public health.

The 2020 presidential candidate's quest to rid the country of "dark psychic forces" recalls America's Civil War–era need for healing.

How the rise of right-wing nationalism is jeopardizing the world's health

New York and Washington allow parents to refuse vaccinations for non-medical reasons. Both states are experiencing major measles outbreaks. This is not a coincidence.

His critics need to look in the mirror