Vaccine News
Previous decline in cervical cancer incidence begins to reverse in low-income U.S.…
The incidence of cervical cancer is starting to rise in low-income U.S. counties and has plateaued in high-income counties in…
Everything Parents Need to Know About the Polio Vaccine
Polio is a dinosaur of a disease, with suspected cases dating back to prehistoric Egypt. For a portion of the 20th century,…
The Pandemic Tanked Rates of Childhood Vaccination—for Everything
IN THE 14 months that Covid vaccines have been available, it has felt like they’ve dominated all conversations. What’s in…
Anti-Vaccine Doctor Pleads Guilty to Joining Capitol Riot
A California doctor known as a leading purveyor of coronavirus misinformation pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge on Thursday for…
Biden says U.S. will deploy new Covid vaccines within 100 days if…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the U.S. stands ready to rapidly deploy new vaccines in the event another Covid…
Vaccine hesitancy: Convincing the ambivalent may be key
A new study, published in the Journal of Community Health, emphasizes the importance of outreach to people who have mixed feelings…
New Covid vaccinations drop in US as cases and hospitalizations decline
On some days Marilyn Datillo, a vaccine nurse, used to see 900 people enter Mercy Covid Vaccine Clinic in Kirkwood,…
Our next vaccine must stomp out variants to end COVID pandemics once…
The omicron variant has made one thing clear; SARS-CoV-2 is not done with us. To stop this pandemic and mitigate…
Will we get a single, variant-proof vaccine for Covid?
This week the government announced additional vaccine booster jabs for the over-75s and suggested a further shot is likely to be needed…
Technology Used for COVID-19 Vaccine Tested for HIV Prevention
The same technology used to develop the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines is being tested to prevent HIV. “The whole idea…
Making — and muddling — the case for mask and vaccine mandates
We are witnessing the Great Unmasking, with masks mandates falling faster, even, than plummeting Omicron caseloads. Dozens of states are…
How long does protective immunity against COVID-19 last after infection or vaccination? Two immunologists…
As the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 took hold across the globe in late 2021, it became readily apparent that the pandemic had…
Influencers played outsized role in pushing anti-vax conspiracies
A new report from a broad range of disinformation experts finds influencers across many topics — wellness, politics and religion — were…
2 big reasons America’s booster rates are lagging
The US has a booster problem. Less than half of all American adults — 42 percent — say they have received an…
Polio, chickenpox, measles, now COVID. A history of vaccine mandates
The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against…