Category: Vaccine Headlines
Dozens of CDC databases aren’t being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds
NBC News The agency plays a key role in tracking disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of that work, according to new research. Nearly half of the databases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health […]
Jan 28, 2026
Defying CDC, Pediatricians Recommend All Kids Get Vaccinations Against 18 Diseases
WSJ The American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations for hepatitis B, influenza and other shots buck changes made by Trump administration. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children be vaccinated against 18 diseases, more than the U.S. government directs after it overhauled its schedule. The doctors group, which released its recommendations Monday, kept its guidance largely unchanged […]
Jan 28, 2026
ACIP Chair Questions Need for Polio Vaccine, and Draws Swift Rebuke
MedPageToday Moving away from routine vaccines “does not increase freedom — it increases suffering,” says AMA Medical societies and patient advocacy groups slammed recent remarks made by the chair of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that included questioning whether all children should receive the polio vaccine. In a wide-ranging interview on the Jan. […]
Jan 28, 2026
RFK Jr. is moving to remake a little-known vaccine panel. It could have big consequences
STAT Kennedy has indicated that he wants to revamp the system that compensates people who are injured by vaccines. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be reshaping another little-known piece of federal vaccine infrastructure, a move that could have big consequences for the availability of immunizations in the U.S. Kennedy has removed at least four […]
Jan 21, 2026
Pfizer CEO lays blame for US vaccine woes on RFK Jr.’s ‘anti-science’ stance: WSJ
Fierce Pharma While much of the biopharma industry has spent the past 12 months treading lightly around the Trump administration and the tumult it has wrought on U.S. medical research and regulation, Pfizer’s CEO cut to the chase this week in a blatant rebuke of HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to The Wall […]
Jan 21, 2026
How to improve vaccine uptake: a huge study offers clues
Nature An analysis of more than one million people in the UK found that two-thirds of people who were vaccine-hesitant during the COVID-19 pandemic went on to get vaccinated. Although some people were initially hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during the pandemic, many did eventually go on to get at least one dose, according to a […]
Jan 14, 2026
Nonmedical Childhood Vaccination Exemptions Are Climbing
MedPageToday Nonmedical exemptions to childhood vaccination requirements are on the rise, with substantial variation among U.S. counties and states, an analysis of county-level data showed. The median rate of nonmedical vaccination exemptions for personal beliefs or religious reasons increased from 0.6% in 2010-2011 to 3.1% in 2023-2024, while the rate of medical exemptions remained steady, […]
Jan 14, 2026
The golden age of vaccine development
Works in Progress The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom. In 1796, when Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine, against the smallpox virus, no one knew what viruses were, let alone connected them to diseases. Many believed Jenner’s vaccine worked because it depleted the body of […]
Jan 7, 2026
Controversial US-Backed Vaccination Study Begins in Guinea-Bissau
Health Policy Watch The US government-funded trial on the timing of hepatitis B vaccinations, which will delay vaccination for up to 7,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau, started this week. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a controversial Danish research group a ,6 million five-year grant to study the “optimal timing and delivery of […]
Jan 7, 2026
Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S.
NYT The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care. The United States, a nation of 343 million people with a complex and overburdened health care system, is poised to adopt the childhood vaccine recommendations used in Denmark, a country of six million […]
Dec 30, 2025