Vaccine News
CDC: Flu Season Is Here Already With Over 6,900 Hospitalizations, 360 Deaths
You know all those questions about whether you should wait until a few weeks before flu season starts to get…
25 years on, varicella vaccination reports impressive success in the USA
Chickenpox, called varicella by scientists, is a formerly ubiquitous childhood illness that produces a characteristic vesicular rash of varying extent…
Dr. Jha: A ‘tripledemic’ could hit the U.S., but ‘we’re not powerless…
Covid isn’t the only viral threat facing the U.S. this coming winter. A “tripledemic” also involving flu and RSV may…
Biden gets new COVID vaccine, announces new virus initiatives
President Joe Biden received his updated COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday while calling on more Americans to do so ahead of the winter…
Covid-19 is an inverse equity story, not a racial equity success story
As MacArthur Foundation fellow Jennifer Richeson noted in The Atlantic in 2020, Americans love to perpetuate narratives of racial progress, regardless of whether…
It’s a Bad Time to Be a Booster Slacker
And just like that, with the passing of Labor Day, fall was upon us. Seemingly overnight, six-packs of pumpkin beer…
Should my kid get the COVID vaccine? As a doctor, I strongly…
The politicization of the pandemic has eroded public confidence in vaccines, which are among our greatest public health tools. This tragic response pertains primarily…
CDC corrects conservative claim: They can recommend, not mandate COVID vaccines in…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week pushed back on a claim made by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson,…
CDC panel votes to add COVID-19 vaccine in kids’ immunization schedule
The COVID-19 vaccine should become a regular part of the pediatric immunization schedule, an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease…
CDC recommends Novavax’s Covid shots as mix-and-match first booster to Pfizer or…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended Novavax’s Covid boosters for adults in the U.S., including for people…
Vaccine Skepticism Spreads from COVID to Other Diseases
In early 2020, when the coronavirus still felt like an offshore problem, I was working on a story about vaccine skepticism….
White House Covid czar calls on seniors to get omicron booster now…
A top White House health official on Monday issued a stark warning to older people about the health risk they…
Monkeypox cases in the U.S. are way down — can the virus…
Just a few months ago, it looked like the U.S. had lost its chance to eliminate the spread of monkeypox…
CDC, FDA authorize COVID-19 Omicron booster shots for kids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for children as young as 5, aimed…
Scientists pan analysis Florida’s surgeon general posted on COVID-19 vaccines
Vaccine experts are pushing back on an analysis published by Florida’s surgeon general that warns COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk…