Raging outbreak CEPI will also provide $3.2 million to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, which is developing a vaccine that […]
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Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is
Outcomes Only six of the 54 hospitalized patients had an underlying medical condition that may have put them at higher […]
RFK Jr. forced to withdraw charter that opened CDC panel to anti-vaccine quacks
A revised charter document for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s influential vaccine advisory committee has been withdrawn by […]
Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna’s combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
Moderna’s mRNA-based combination vaccine against both flu and COVID-19 has gotten the green light in Europe—but it continues to be […]
Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US
Susceptible state Overall, only 78.5 percent were fully vaccinated against the measles virus with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) […]
After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
The membership criteria are also dramatically different between the current charter and today’s renewal. Currently, ACIP members “shall be selected […]
RFK Jr’s changes to CDC vaccine guidance, advisory board blocked by judge
“This is all to say that there is a method to how these decisions historically have been made—a method scientific […]
RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are “unreviewable,” DOJ lawyer tells judge
US Department of Justice lawyer Isaac Belfer argued that Kennedy has the broad authority to make all of the changes […]
Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.
Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates. Shingrix, the vaccine for the shingles, is seen at […]
Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up
Insiders report that, as NIH director, Bhattacharya delegates most of his responsibilities for running the $47 billion agency to two […]