The most effective types of birth control are 99% effective. Those include sterilization, IUDs, and implants. The pill is about 93% effective with typical use.

A child picks out a bandaid as he prepares to get his COVID vaccination in San Jose, Calif., in 2022. COVID shots are among several vaccines a CDC advisory panel will discuss at a meeting later this ...

Before Kennedy was health secretary, ACIP would typically vote in June to reaffirm recommendations for shots against respiratory viruses that sicken millions of Americans each fall and winter. This ...

A new vaccine advisory committee was formed under the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will meet this week. They are expected to vote on whether to c ...

New study reveals over-the-counter birth control pills are reaching previously unprotected women, especially in rural areas and among the uninsured.