Paul A. Offit, M.D., is a rare medical academic. A pediatrician and a central figure in child vaccination policy, he also has an outstanding record in vaccine research and development (including work on the recently approved Gardasil vaccine for cervical cancer). His latest book, Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat...

At this AEI event, panelists will comment on the CDC's future with vaccines, drawing from experiences in public health, policy, and industry.

Scott Gottlieb, M.D., reviews Michael Willrich's "Pox:An American History". The book chronicles the story of how the smallpox vaccine was pressed into service through governmental intrusion during the historical epidemic of 1898-1903.

Few controversies in modern medicine are as emotionally charged as the one over the causes of autism and its possible cures. Journalists, celebrities, and a few medical researchers have claimed that some long-used vaccines cause autism and that various substances and procedures can cure it.

Wading into this controversy is...

The proliferation of fake drugs is one of the greatest dangers facing India today, but the Indian government is touting a new study that is little more than a whitewash of this crucial problem.

The recent revelations that Soviet-era scientists might have passed on a genetically modified strain of the smallpox virus to Iraq probably surprised everyone.

Africans are constantly assaulted by a rich variety of nasty microbes, and the assault is far more terrible than anything we experience.