There are few scientific advances that have had such a dramatic impact on the course of human history as the theory that disease is caused by microorganisms. The germ theory, as it is now universally ...

In recent months, the U.S. government has taken steps to defund and dismantle key infectious disease programs, including a National Institutes of Health lab that has contributed to groundbreaking work ...

With the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brain worms have gotten a bad rap. A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a ...

From alleging that the polio vaccine kills more people than it saves to promoting cod liver oil as a remedy during a measles outbreak, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has, ...

Today, it is hard for us to fully appreciate the great revolution in medicine known as “germ theory” and the role that animal research played in its development. It seems impossible that people once ...