Meet some of the people featured in the November 2018 issue of The Scientist.

In a new book, a vaccine researcher describes the scientific facts and personal anecdotes behind his family’s experience with autism and its comorbid disabilities.

The suit claims that Rational Vaccines, the company of recently deceased researcher William Halford, violated US and international laws when it carried out the procedure.

The vaccine shows better-than-expected effectiveness against the most common and most virulent strain of influenza in children under 9 years old.

Individuals who received a meningitis B vaccine were less likely to have contracted the sexually transmitted infection than their unvaccinated counterparts.

The European Union’s highest court issued a ruling yesterday that allows plaintiffs to sue vaccine makers without providing scientific evidence of harm.

Researchers are developing polio vaccines based on the viral capsid alone. When produced in recombinant systems, these could eliminate the need to propagate live poliovirus for vaccine production. 

Testing a new vaccine; Cuba’s aggressive Zika-control tactics pay off 

Researchers show three vaccines protect nonhuman primates from infection.

The state’s industry draws inspiration from medicine as well as agriculture.