Author: Claudinne Miller
FDA issues narrower approvals for Covid boosters, revokes emergency authorizations
STAT The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated Covid boosters, but removed emergency use authorizations for the vaccines, in a set of moves that could make the shots more difficult to obtain for children under 5, in particular. The moves were announced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human […]
Aug 27, 2025
FDA approves updated COVID vaccines with restrictions on who can receive them
ABC The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for some Americans. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved for use in adults aged 65 and older and for those between ages 5 and 64 with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe COVID. In a press release, the […]
Aug 27, 2025
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find Environmental Causes of Autism, but Axed That Type of Research
Med Page Today “We need to stop trusting the experts,” Kennedy recently said. Erin McCanlies, MPH, PhD, was listening to the radio one morning in April when she heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to find the cause of autism by September. The secretary of Health and Human Services said he believed an environmental toxin […]
Aug 27, 2025
Why COVID keeps roaring back every summer, even as pandemic fades
Los Angeles Times The summer season continues to see spikes in COVID-19 activity. The latest jump is being fueled by the subvariant XFG, nicknamed ‘Stratus.’ Masks have been stored away. Social distancing is just a vague memory. Interest in vaccines is waning. COVID, for many, feels like an inevitable annoyance, like the flu. Then, each […]
Aug 27, 2025
What Americans Need to Know About Covid Shots This Season
Bloomberg Covid confusion Between conflicting opinions, leadership upheavals and a lot of misinformation, you can be forgiven for not knowing what’s going on with Covid vaccines this year in the US. Here’s the need-to-know ahead of the impending fall season. Covid confusion Between conflicting opinions, leadership upheavals and a lot of misinformation, you can be forgiven for not knowing what’s going on with Covid vaccines […]
Aug 27, 2025
In a Lab, the Hunt for a Killer: The Legionella Germ Causing an Outbreak
NYT Six people in New York City have died this summer from Legionnaires’ disease, and more than 100 others have been sickened. The hunt was on. An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease had erupted in Harlem, killing six people and sickening more than 100 others. Officials said the bacteria that cause the illness had been spread […]
Aug 27, 2025
A New Mexico man has been diagnosed with plague, marking the state’s first human case this year, according to local health officials.
Local 12 The patient, a 43-year-old man from Valencia County — located just southwest of Albuquerque — was hospitalized with the condition but has since been discharged, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) said on Monday. Recently, the patient had been camping in Rio Arriba County, which borders Colorado, where health officials believe he […]
Aug 27, 2025
New Mexico man diagnosed with plague
ABC A New Mexico man has been diagnosed with plague, marking the state’s first human case this year, according to local health officials. The patient, a 43-year-old man from Valencia County — located just southwest of Albuquerque — was hospitalized with the condition but has since been discharged, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) said […]
Aug 27, 2025
US CDC taps vaccine skeptic to lead COVID committee
Reuters The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Retsef Levi, a member of its key vaccine panel, to lead its COVID-19 immunization workgroup, a spokesperson for the health department told Reuters on Monday. Levi had critiqued mRNA vaccines in the past, saying they can cause serious harm and death, especially among children, and called […]
Aug 27, 2025
How a Réunion Island outbreak sparked France’s record chikungunya season
Medical News In a recent rapid communication in the journal Eurosurveillance, researchers from France’s public health agency detail the current scenario of the chikungunya disease within the country. Specifically, the aftermath of a large 2025 chikungunya outbreak on Réunion Island led to a surge of imported cases in mainland France, triggering an unusually early and widespread […]
Aug 20, 2025