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between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and autism in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet was retracted today for having numerous flaws and insufficient data within it.

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.

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.

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

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.

The World Health Organization used to be effective in eradicating diseases, but pointless targeting and kowtowing to political correctness have harmed global health.

The prime minister spoke to the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank this afternoon, setting out his plans for a "common sense culture, not a compensation culture."

We must make a concerted effort today to increase our capacity for timely development of safe, effective and innovative flu vaccines.