Category: Vaccine Headlines
What Happens to Vaccines Now?
NYT Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of an influential committee, including the appointment of new members, has created concern about vaccine access. The U.S. health secretary’s dismissal of an influential vaccine advisory committee this week sowed uncertainty about the future of vaccine recommendations nationwide. On Wednesday, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced eight new members of the Advisory Committee […]
Jun 17, 2025
Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks
The Conversation When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, it’s easy to conclude that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish or have fallen prey to misinformation. As professors with expertise in vaccine policy and health economics, we argue that the decision not to vaccinate isn’t simply about misinformation or hesitancy. […]
Jun 11, 2025
Novavax’s COVID-flu combo vaccine shows strong immune response in trial
Retuers Novavax’s (NVAX.O), opens new tab experimental COVID-19-influenza combination and standalone influenza vaccines generated a strong immune response in adults aged 65 and older, similar to already approved shots against the viruses in a late-stage trial. Both the vaccine candidates were well tolerated with no new safety concerns, the biotech said on Wednesday. The study, which involved […]
Jun 11, 2025
Ousted CDC vaccine adviser says RFK Jr.’s message is clear: ‘Scientific expertise is no longer of use’
STAT Q&A with Helen Chu on the termination of ACIP members and future vaccine policy. Helen Chu went through a multi-year process to finally gain a seat on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccines experts panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. There was a lengthy application process, and extensive conflict-of-interest vetting, followed […]
Jun 10, 2025
Can You Still Get a COVID Vaccine This Fall? Here’s What to Know
Scientific American In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty. For the first time since the COVID vaccines became available in pharmacies in 2021, the average person in the U.S. can’t count on getting a free annual shot against a […]
Jun 10, 2025
Moderna’s new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine approved by FDA
Medical Express Moderna’s new vaccine (mNexspike [COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA]) represents a significant step forward in the development of next-generation coronavirus vaccines, the Associated Press reported. The innovative design of mNexspike allows for a much lower dose, about one-fifth of the dosage used in the current vaccine (Spikevax), a reduction achieved by refining the vaccine’s target to elicit a more […]
Jun 4, 2025
CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns
MedPage Today A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Tuesday she was resigning from her role overseeing updates to the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, following an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to force an update to the agency’s guidance. “My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most […]
Jun 4, 2025
mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target
STAT After the success of Covid vaccine, HHS is now sowing doubt in mRNA technology. mRNA, a Nobel-winning technology harnessed by Trump officials to create Covid shots in record time, is becoming a political reject as the nation’s leaders openly embrace vaccine skepticism. Republican lawmakers and federal health officials alike are shunning messenger RNA, a […]
Jun 3, 2025
Doctors fear ‘devastating consequences’ for pregnant people after RFK Jr order on Covid-19 boosters
The Guardian Advocates for pregnant people said they are alarmed by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unprecedented and unilateral decision to remove Covid-19 booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule. A vaccine’s inclusion on the schedule is important for patient access, because many private health insurance plans determine which vaccines to cover based on the schedule. “Covid-19’s impact on pregnancy […]
May 28, 2025
Moderna Files FDA Application for the LP.8.1 Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine
Moderna Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) today announced that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review of its Spikevax 2025-2026 formula, targeting the SARS-CoV-2 variant LP.8.1. The submission is based on guidance from the U.S. FDA, which advised that COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to a monovalent JN.1 lineage, […]
May 28, 2025