Women breastfeed their babies while waiting to have them vaccinated against malaria in a district in Ivory Coast. Malaria is a major cause of death for children under 5. Sia Kambou/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sia Kambou/AFP/via Getty Images One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone.
Members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are seen during a meeting at CDC headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Robert Malone speaks during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at CDC Headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga.
Federal vaccine advisers will convene this week to review major elements of the childhood immunization schedule and to reconsider long-standing vaccination practices, including the timing of the newborn hepatitis B shot and the composition or delivery of more than a dozen other vaccines such as those for measles, mumps, pertussis and polio.
After losing thousands of staffers and facing attacks this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hampered in its ability to protect the public from health problems and emergencies. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It's been a tough year at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Food and Drug Administration officials say they are going to scrutinize vaccines more stringently. JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration intends to get tougher on vaccine approvals, as top officials raised concerns about the risk of COVID vaccines for children.
Fever is part of the immune system's response to a pathogen, one that's shared with many animal species. Cavan Images/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Cavan Images/iStockphoto/Getty Images For centuries, the nature of a fever — and whether it's good or bad — has been hotly contested.
The smallest gesture can be imbued with kindness. In Puno, Peru, Maria adjusts her friend Rosa's hat, which nearly flew off while she was busy weaving a sweater. Rosa responded: "Thank you for catching it before the wind carried it away, or I would have had to run down the mountain after it!"
Dr. Ralph Abraham spoke at a Trump re-election rally in Lake Charles, La., on Oct. 11, 2019. At the time, Abraham was a Republican congressman running for governor of Louisiana. He lost that race, but was named the state's first surgeon general in 2024.
Tatiana Schlossberg is pictured at her book signing in 2019 in Richmond, Calif. Schlossberg says she has a rare form of cancer. Amber De Vos/Getty Images for Goop hide caption toggle caption Amber De Vos/Getty Images for Goop Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F.
sutlafk/iStockphoto/Getty Images Alison Richards, first noticed her long, blonde hair began to thin and then fall out in her 20s. "There was one day in the shower where I just had hundreds of strands of hair, like fistfuls of hair coming out," Richards remembers. "It was a very scary experience," she says.
Sales staff demonstrate vaping at a vape expo in Beijing, China. STR/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption STR/AFP/via Getty Images To vape or not to vape?