Vaccine News
COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy lowers risk of cesarean section, hypertension
Pregnant women who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 are less likely to have a cesarean section or experience hypertension, according…
FDA advises Covid vaccine makers to target KP.2 for fall shots
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had advised drugmakers to update the Covid vaccines to target the KP.2 strain, a…
What do we do once there is trust? Addressing post-pandemic barriers to…
“Do you have the COVID-19 vaccines here with you today?” was a question I received from a community member during…
It could cure the incurable, revolutionize vaccines and immortalize cells: RNA explained
Ask a friend what DNA is and, chances are, they have a general idea. Seventy years after scientists discovered the…
A Combined Flu and COVID-19 Shot May Be Coming
As much as we’d like to think that COVID-19 is behind us, the virus isn’t going anywhere. Health officials continue…
New Report Underscores the Seriousness of Long Covid
One of the nation’s premier medical advisory organizations has weighed in on long Covid with a 265-page report that recognizes the seriousness…
FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall’s COVID vaccines
Government advisers Wednesday said it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall…
As mpox cases rise, experts urge complete, 2-part vaccinations
The number of U.S. mpox cases has more than doubled compared with last year, and the federal Centers for Disease…
FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA RSV vaccine for older adults
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved another vaccine to help protect older people from respiratory syncytial virus, known as…
The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic
Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs. They worried…
Moderna’s RSV vaccine for older adults approved
Moderna’s RSV shot for adults 60 and older was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, joining a…
Third person infected in U.S. bird flu outbreak — but with new…
Another human case of bird flu linked to sick dairy cows has been detected in Michigan, marking the third farmworker diagnosed with…
HPV vaccine can reduce risk of multiple cancers in men, new study…
Nearly two decades after the launch of the first HPV vaccine, mounting evidence shows that people who got vaccinated are…
Researchers are developing an experimental bird flu mRNA vaccine
Researchers are developing an mRNA-based vaccine against the contagious H5N1 bird flu virus that is spreading rapidly among poultry and…
This COVID vaccine program offered a ‘bridge’ to uninsured adults, and then…
Uninsured adults will lose an option this August to get vaccinated against COVID for free, weeks before an updated vaccine…