The vaccine advisory committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet Dec. 4 and 5. On the agenda: the hepatitis B vaccine, the overall childhood vaccine schedule and specific vaccine ingredients.

AAP FactCheck - Pauline Hanson isn't suing Anthony Albanese over her senate suspension for wearing a burqa in parliament, despite claims spreading widely on social media. The claims come from engagement-bait Facebook pages, and there is no evidence that they are credible.

Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine advocate who is now Health and Human Services secretary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its website to say that its previous statement that “vaccines do not cause autism” is ...

There were about 600 employee cuts at the National Weather Service — about 100 probationary employees and 500 buyouts. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would increase the National Weather Service budget by nearly 6.7%. The same budget ...

AAP FACTCHECK - Tobacco is a leading cause of cancer and is not a proven cure for the disease, despite claims online. False claims that tobacco cures tumours, ignoring centuries of evidence proving it causes cancer.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said the Trump administration is investigating claims that tax money from Minnesota went to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab, which is based in

COVID-19 vaccinations probably contributed to the deaths of at least 10 children who died of heart inflammation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief medical and scientific officer Vinay Prasad told agency staffers.