LONDON — The number of measles deaths worldwide has apparently dropped by about three-quarters over a decade, according to a new study by the Wo...

If measles does make a meaningful comeback, it would imply public health is sliding back as we head into the future. We don't want to go there.

The bubonic plague. Scarlet fever. Polio. Diseases of the past, and no longer on this Earth, right? Wrong. Many old-time diseases are still pr...

I wrote a review article about the vaccine-autism controversy in the current issue of the policy-wonk journal Democracy. (If you don't read Democracy,...

Health officials say 118 cases of measles have been reported in the United States so far this year -- the highest number this early in the year since ...

Diphtheria. Measles. Whooping cough. Polio. If you think these diseases belonged to your parents and grandparents and not to our generation, you may be surprised to hear that they are making a comeback.

Sooner or later, the leak will stop and we'll move on. It makes sense to worry most about what threatens you now, but it's a lousy way to assess the risks we really face.