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between the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and autism in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet was retracted today for having numerous flaws and insufficient data within it.

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

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.

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.

Abuse of the tort system by trial lawyers is driving safe drugs from the market and patients from mainstream medicine.

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

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