U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Who should get COVID-19 vaccine first?

By Charles C. Camosy — November 30, 2020
(RNS) — Giving a healthy 17-year-old supermarket cashier a vaccine before a 67-year-old with diabetes and asthma cannot be defended.

At least one American missionary infected with Ebola heading back to US

By Doug Stanglin — August 1, 2014
(RNS) Samaritan's Purse said in a statement Thursday that it was working to evacuate all but the most essential personnel to their home country by this weekend, although the center will remain open.

Latest measles outbreak tied to Texas megachurch

By Liz Szabo — August 26, 2013
(RNS) An infectious disease expert says a measles outbreak at a Texas megachurch -- with low vaccination rates and a pastor who's been critical of vaccines -- is a "classic example of how measles is being reintroduced."

The roots of Rep. Todd Akin’s rape remarks

By Tracy Gordon — August 22, 2012

ST. LOUIS (RNS) Two pages from a 1972 article have influenced two generations of anti-abortion activists hoping to build a medical case to ban all abortions without exception. By Tim Townsend and Blythe Bernhard.

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