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Dr. Peter Hotez discussed the need for a bivalent booster, best practices going...

Scientific discoveries are thrilling because they’re stories of conquest. They tell of humankind’s singular ability to decode and even one-up nature. But...

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced that a team from the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at Baylor College...

Houstonians Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi have created a COVID vaccine that’s saving millions of lives in developing nations. 

Infectious disease expert, Dr. Peter Hotez, joins Morning Joe to discuss the need for Americans to get their Bivalent COVID-19 boosters and flu shots.

Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the new omicron variant, vaccine fatigue, bivalent booster and...

Dr. Peter Hotez, Pete Williams, and Antonia Hylton join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the lifting of mask requirements by major airlines and ride-share services, following the decision from a federal...

Older adults and others at high risk are now able to get a second shot of the COVID-19 booster that targets omicron.

"The BA.5 looks like it is the most highly transmissible virus agent we’ve seen of the...

Doctors say the at-home treatments being considered by federal regulators aren’t a substitute for getting vaccinated.

If we still hope to beat COVID-19, all Americans could use ready, reliable access to free...

This study opens exciting new therapeutic avenues with the potential to alleviate and treat neurological issues that are currently untreatable. %

The CDC is investigating a rise in severe cases of strep throat among kids in the U.S. Several children’s hospitals across the country have reported an increase in strep cases since November,...

"People become scientists for all sorts of reasons, such as science for science's sake,"...

This hour, Dr. Peter J. Hotez joins us to discuss his new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-science: A Scientist’s Warning, due out September 19.

Dr. Peter Hotez is happy to see COVID numbers dropping, but still has plenty to keep him...

The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise?

Another COVID-19 booster may be on the way this spring, but it remains to be seen how much of an appetite there will be for more shots in California or the U.S.

Infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Hotez explains the big obstacles remaining as...

These two infectious disease experts at Texas Children's Hospital worked fast to create an effective COVID-19 vaccine, get it manufactured, and then give it away to the world, patent-free.

Vaccines for a fall immunization drive against COVID-19 just got the green light from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency says the vaccines can protect people, as hospitalizations tick up.

Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the delta variant, anti-science movements, the possibility of...

The Biden administration is moving to make the shot available for older people and those with impaired immune systems.

As COVID-19 has transformed everyday life over the past 3 years, Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc, has become a household name. Co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Developme...

FOX 26 Anchor Caroline Collins and Anthony Antoine spoke with Dr. Peter Hotez with Baylor College of Medicine about the uptick in cases.

Despite waning immunity and the dangers of long COVID, the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. has slowed to a crawl.

On July 12, 1943, Baylor University College of Medicine opened in Houston in a converted Sears, Roebuck & Co. building with 131 students.

A study published on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that natural immunity offers far weaker protection against COVID-19 than a vaccine does.

Will new variants in Europe create another COVID-19 wave in the States early next year?...

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By leveraging the team's expertise in fruit fly biology and collaborating with clinicians, geneticists and genetic counselors the program aspires to provide answers to patients with severe undiagno...

We’ve spent an entire year watching people die of Covid; it’s a huge mental jump to adjust to the idea that vaccinated people can get Covid and be basically okay.

As the toll of the coronavirus becomes harder to track with the rise of at-home testing,...

Another win for the anti-vaccine movement: More than 40 years after polio was declared...

Researchers and clinicians from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital explore common myths about autism spectrum disorder.

Here's how long it typically takes for symptoms to start.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The wails pierced the walls of the walk-in clinic tucked among rundown homes in the heart of Venezuela’s capital.

Nationally, only around 15% of people report having gotten the most recent bivalent booster. In Harris County, numbers are even lower.

So long as large portions of the globe remain essentially defenseless in the face of the...

Just hours after Harris County Judge Hidalgo elevated Houston's threat level to "red...

The anti-vaccination movement grew stronger during the COVID pandemic. The result is a surge in measles and other preventable diseases.

Misinformation is still shaping how people perceive the virus and tools designed to protect individuals and communities against COVID’s worst outcomes, public health experts and doctors say.

In June of 2022, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of coronavirus vaccines for children under five. Apprehension was to be expected. After all, four in 10 parents with young...

After Houston-area hospitals saw one of the worst spikes of RSV hospitalizations this winter, medical professionals are looking forward to the anticipated relief that a string of vaccines will...

The illness causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to severe digestive problems.

Dr. Peter Hotez discusses the state of COVID-19 and whether we're prepared for our next pandemic.

Scientists can make safe and effective vaccines against novel pathogens. The bigger challenge is persuading everyone to use them.

Another View: We may fail to vaccinate our way out of this epidemic by this summer and soon face the specter of emerging variants of concern.

A Q&A with vaccine scientist Peter Hotez, author of “Preventing the Next Pandemic,” on developing a low-cost Covid-19 vaccine, combating vaccine disinformation and why omicron won’t be the end of the...

The rise of the highly transmissible XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant has led to questions among patients. Here’s what physicians should be ready to share.

Scientists had high hopes for a new coronavirus vaccine that combines the existing formulation with one targeting Omicron, but many are not impressed by the results.

Flu. RSV. COVID-19. This three car collision of respiratory viruses as winter approaches is causing some health experts to worry about what they’re calling a "tridemic."

Researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Huda Zoghbi have discovered that diminished memory recall in Rett syndrome mice can be restored by activating specific...

In advance of his Global Health Week lecture "COVID-19 Vaccines: Science vs Antiscience" on May 16, Dr. Peter J. Hotez talks to the McGill Reporter