vaccines

New vaccine rules mean higher death rate nationwide

August 28, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Trump’s HHS Secretary, RFK Jr., promulgates rules denying COVID vaccine to most Americans

Measles passes record in U.S., raising widespread fear

July 11, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Alarm grows as right-wing policy makers roll out red carpet for once-eliminated disease.

The U.S. just recorded the most measles cases in 30 years

July 10, 2025 By Greg Kearney

The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.

‘Not Just Measles’: Whooping cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline

April 17, 2025 By Duaa Eldeib And Patricia Callahan

In the past six months, two babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, the disease commonly known as whooping cough.

Midwest in the middle of ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak

January 30, 2025 By Greg Kearney

Kansas faces its largest tuberculosis outbreak in its history as Trump’s pick for US Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr., continues his confirmation hearings.