Vaccine News
The Next Vaccine Debate: Immunize Young Children Now, or Wait?
The Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming review of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for young children is without precedent in recent…
Vaccine Hesitancy Has Seeped Into Home Health Care
There was the home health attendant who sucked her thumb before touching household items. And the one who brought her…
What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID…
Just before Christmas, a right-wing journalist named Ben Bergquam became seriously ill with COVID-19. “My Christmas gift was losing my…
Study indicates babies whose mothers got vaccinated during pregnancy can develop COVID-19…
Some babies whose mothers received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy have been shown to develop virus-fighting antibodies by the…
J.&J. Pauses Production of Its Covid Vaccine Despite Persistent Need
Johnson & Johnson’s easy-to-deliver Covid-19 shot is the vaccine of choice for much of the developing world. Yet the American company,…
What Happened After the Chicken-Pox Vaccine?
Last summer, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an internal presentation on the coronavirus, which was leaked to the…
A universal vaccine to end COVID pandemics? It’s in the Army’s sights
Omicron, the latest variant of COVID-19, has led to a surge in cases and hospitalizations, raising talk of fourth booster shots and variant-specific vaccines….
Scientists move HIV vaccine research forward by developing an immunogen that produces…
Nearly four decades after its discovery, HIV has killed 36.3 million people, with no vaccine in sight. However, a new…
Covid-19 Commission Modeled on 9/11 Inquiry Draws Bipartisan Backing
A broad and bipartisan group of senators is coalescing around legislation to create a high-level independent commission, modeled after the…
BioNTech cancer vaccine trial hopes to ‘do something magic’
The idea that we could use a vaccine to defeat cancer is not, says Ugur Sahin, chief executive of BioNTech,…
South Africa makes its own version of Moderna vaccine
Scientists in South Africa have made a copy of the Moderna Covid vaccine, a move which they say could help…
How Brazil survived its president’s vaccine skepticism
Franco, a 28-year-old Brazilian, agonized over getting the Covid-19 vaccine up until the moment the shot went into his arm….
Here’s how Carhartt continues to find fans even after vaccine email
The yellow Carhartt logo can be spotted everywhere, from on the shirts worn by workers at construction sites to the hats of diners at trendy…
Covid-19 Vaccines Linked to Menstrual Cycle Changes
Since widespread immunization against Covid-19 began last year, doctors and medical researchers have been fielding reports of painful cramps, delayed…
A pediatrician’s advice for parents considering a potential Covid-19 vaccine for young…
Soon, parents across the country may finally have the option to vaccinate their young kids against Covid-19. Pfizer and BioNTech announced…