Creating a "philosophical" exemption for mandatory vaccination stokes deadly outbreaks of diseases long since thought to be eradicated.

A speculative study about the relationship between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and autism in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet was retracted today for having numerous flaws and insufficient data within it.

Congress should not be making it easier for corporations to shirk their pension obligations--and neither President George W. Bush nor Senator John Kerry should remain silent when they do.

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.

There have been questionable policy decisions with respect to measles, obesity, substitute milk products, tobacco control, malaria, and AIDSatthe World Health Organization.

The U.S. Preventive Task Force's recent recommendation that women should not begin routine mammograms until age fifty has sparked controversy.

Several European nations are turning away from vaccination and are now spreading disease.

Studies of vaccines have suffered from a focus on pricing and access, missing the crucial question of how they are developed and brought to market.