Category: Vaccine Headlines
Universal vaccine to treat colds, flu and COVID developed – and a new study suggests it just might work
The Conversation Vaccines have traditionally worked by teaching the immune system to recognise a specific virus or bacterium – in effect, showing it a wanted poster for a single suspect. But what if one vaccine could protect against dozens of different infections at once? Researchers have now developed a potential candidate for such a vaccine, […]
Feb 25, 2026
U.S. Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination Rates Plunge, Reversing Years of Gains
MedPageToday Hepatitis B vaccination rates among U.S. newborns have fallen by more than 10 percentage points over the past 2 years, reversing 6 years of steady gains, according to an analysis of electronic health records. Among more than 12 million infants, birth-dose hepatitis B vaccination rates rose from 67.5% in January 2017 to a peak […]
Feb 25, 2026
5 Questions About mRNA Vaccines, Answered
NYT We asked experts about how the technology works, its safety and its potential in medicine. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Scientists with funding from the National Institutes of Health were advised to scrub their grants of any reference to mRNA. Around the country, state legislatures […]
Feb 18, 2026
F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
NYT Moderna held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology. The Food and Drug Administration reversed its decision on Moderna’s flu vaccine and has agreed to review it for possible approval. Just last week, Moderna announced that the agency […]
Feb 18, 2026
AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil
Washington Post The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism. The American Medical Association and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a system to review vaccine safety and […]
Feb 11, 2026
US participating in influenza vaccine meeting: WHO
The Hill The U.S. will participate in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) upcoming meeting on the composition of the influenza vaccine despite officially withdrawing from the global group last month. The WHO will meet on Feb. 26 in Turkey to discuss the composition of the 2026-2027 flu vaccine for the northern hemisphere. “The vaccine composition […]
Feb 11, 2026
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
NYT The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful Covid vaccines’ RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling millions of dollars in research projects. The vaccine maker Moderna said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had notified the company that the agency would not review its mRNA flu vaccine, the […]
Feb 11, 2026
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