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How two top FDA officials are quietly upending vaccine regulations
STAT As Tracy Beth Høeg and Vinay Prasad seek to restore public trust, some fear they will undermine public health instead. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he does not want to take vaccines away from Americans. But at a closed-door meeting of Food and Drug Administration vaccine scientists in September, a top […]
Nov 12, 2025
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Group to Revisit Childhood Shots, Hepatitis B
Bloomberg The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s key vaccine panel will reconvene in December to again weigh changes to the long-standing childhood immunization schedule. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, will meet on Dec. 4 and 5, according to a Federal Register notice posted on Wednesday. The panel will discuss vaccine safety, the childhood […]
Nov 12, 2025
US vaccine panel may vote on hepatitis B shots in December
Retuers The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet on December 4 and 5, and could vote on policy concerning shots for hepatitis B, a Federal Register notice from the agency showed on Wednesday. The members of the panel, selected by health secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert F. […]
Nov 12, 2025
CDC’s Vaccine Panel May Change Recommendations on Hep B Shot Next Month
MedPageToday Other agenda items for December meeting include the childhood immunization schedule. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet Dec. 4 and 5, according to a Federal Register notice that indicates that recommendation votes may be scheduled for hepatitis B vaccines. Other items on the agenda include the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and […]
Nov 12, 2025
With an absent CDC and mismatched ‘subclade K’ flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
CIDRAP Earlier this month, a group of Canadian researchers published early influenza data for the 2025-26 season, issuing a warning: There has been an observed mismatch with the seasonal influenza vaccine strain and what is emerging as the dominant flu strain this season, H3N2 subclade K. Based on early reports from Japan and the United […]
Nov 12, 2025
Drug-resistant infections in Europe set to rise as populations age, study suggests
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Biggest rise in drug-resistant bloodstream infections are expected in the over-65s and among men. A new study led by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in PLOS Medicine finds that ageing populations could lead to a rise in bloodstream infections caused by drug-resistant […]
Nov 5, 2025
FDA testing aged raw cow’s milk cheese for bird flu
MSN The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin collecting samples of raw cow’s milk cheese from across the U.S. to test for the presence of bird flu, spurred on by the ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 in multiple states. In the announcement published Monday, the FDA said the goal of testing will be two-fold: detecting the […]
Nov 5, 2025
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
NYT A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease. A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed. The risk of a heart attack triples within the first few weeks after […]
Nov 5, 2025
Sneaky viruses can hide in your body and bounce back even if you’re cured
NPR Viruses are tiny — and sneaky. So sneaky that some play a deadly game of hide and seek. The “seek” part is all too familiar: They’re always looking for ways to infect humans. Their ability to hide is far less well-known and can have devastating implications. The human body holds several effective hiding spots […]
Oct 29, 2025
Global Disease Outbreaks: A 2025 Snapshot and Implications for the U.S.
KFF Each year, there are multiple infectious disease outbreaks (defined as the occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what is expected) throughout the world. Some of these become severe and have global and domestic implications, including, most notably, the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak in China and eventually 28 other countries and the […]
Oct 29, 2025