I met Bill Foege only once in my life. My ten-minute conversation with the epidemiologist, who died in January at age 89, is one I’ll never forget. I had just preached at the Chautauqua Institute…

The menagerie at the Department of Health and Human Services keeps getting stranger. President Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Casey Means, auditioned Wednesday for the role of vaccine skeptic at her Senate confirmation hearing. The…

TOPEKA — Kansas’ top health agency is sticking with the longstanding childhood immunization schedule instead of implementing new guidelines released Jan. 5 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, a state spokeswoman said.…

This past week, Canada officially lost its measles elimination status, which it held for nearly 30 years — a shameful consequence of falling childhood vaccination rates. In normal times, Canada’s misfortune might serve as yet…

Who decided to leave Robert F. Kennedy Jr. home alone at the Health and Human Services Department? Without adults to supervise the Secretary, he’s damaging public trust in immunizations, and now the Centers for Disease…

TOPEKA — More Kansas families with kindergarteners attending school last year claimed state vaccine exemptions than in previous years, and the “unfortunate melding” of science and politics may cause that number to keep rising, an…

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans disapprove of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan…

In the “free state of Florida,” your freedom goes as far as the political whims of our governor. You’re entitled to free speech, unless you’re a company like Disney who disagrees with Gov. Ron DeSantis.…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s Democratic members of Congress are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to reconsider a new state directive to eliminate school-based vaccine requirements. “We feel it is dangerous to remove this cornerstone of…

TOPEKA — In a rare moment of reprieve for U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he faced a grueling group of senators Thursday, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas gave him the opportunity…