Vaccine News
1 case of measles confirmed in Kentucky, health officials urge vaccination
A case of measles has been confirmed in Kentucky, according to state, although the specific location is unknown. In a…
Vaccinated women well protected against severe COVID-19 symptoms, complications during pregnancy
The global network led by the Oxford Maternal and Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI) at the University of Oxford has today…
RSV vaccine: Moderna, Pfizer start a new FDA approval race
The Covid vaccine is here to stay after a development process that broke the record books at both Moderna and Pfizer, but a…
Decreasing rates of childhood immunization are a major concern. Our medical analyst…
Vaccine rates for measles, polio, diphtheria and other diseases are decreasing among US children, according to a new study from the US Centers…
Colorado health department to begin texting parents whose children need COVID vaccine
Effective now, parents of elementary school-aged children can expect a text message from the Colorado health department if their kids…
‘This is alarming’: Childhood vaccination rates drop as measles and polio outbreaks…
Immunization rates for measles, polio and other diseases once again dropped among kindergartners last school year, a trend public health officials warn puts kids…
Seniors shrug off White House urgent pleas to get vaccinated as new…
State and federal health officials are frustrated that thousands of seniors have landed in the hospital with Covid-19 since the…
Oops, We Missed An Immunization Appointment. How Important Is The Pediatric Vaccine…
There’s been a lot of talk about kids’ vaccines these past couple of years. While many of those conversations not…
An Ohio Measles Outbreak Could Be A Warning Sign
More than 90% of kids infected with measles in the Columbus area were unvaccinated, raising alarm as vaccination rates slip…
Experimental cancer vaccine both treats and prevents brain cancer in mice
Researchers estimate that more than 13,000 Americans received a diagnosis of glioblastoma — a type of brain cancer — in 2022. And additional researchTrusted Source shows…
USDA approves world’s first vaccine for honeybees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional license for a vaccine that helps protect honeybees from a deadly bacterial…
Damar Hamlin: How anti-vaxxers exploited player’s collapse
Online activists used the on-field collapse of American football star Damar Hamlin to spread anti-vaccination messages starting just minutes after…
Amid low demand, global coronavirus vaccination set to slow in 2023
For much of the pandemic, the main obstacle to vaccinating the world against the coronavirus was a lack of supply, as wealthy…
Top vaccine news from 2022: COVID-19 boosters, malaria, Ebola and more
Updated COVID-19 shots, including bivalent boosters, dominated vaccine news in 2022, but good news also came for vaccines against malaria,…
Local health departments working to restore trust as they fight vaccine misinformation
OKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the Health Department here, was concerned to…