Vaccine News
Itās 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 stronglyā¦
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 inā¦
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 kidsā 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 Novavaxās Covid shots as mix-and-match first booster to Pfizer orā¦
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended Novavaxās 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 nowā¦
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 ā can the virusā¦
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…
After Giving Up on Cancer Vaccines, Doctors Start to Find Hope
It seems like an almost impossible dream ā a cancer vaccine that would protect healthy people at high risk of…
COVID-19 vaccines prevented more than 300K deaths among Medicare beneficiaries in 2021
In the United States, COVID-19 vaccinations may have prevented more than 650,000 hospitalizations and 300,000 deaths among Medicare beneficiaries in…
Study does not prove link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and asthma,ā¦
Experts said a recently published study that found a possible association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and persistent asthma in…
A wave of anti-vaccine legislation is sweeping the United States
Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Childrenās Hospital of Philadelphia, does not mince words when describing…
A study allays fears that covid vaccines harm menstrual cycles
The easiest way to promote a conspiracy theory is to take a grain of truth and blow it out of…