Category: Vaccine Headlines
HHS gives Moderna $590M to ‘accelerate’ bird flu vaccine trials
Fierce Biotech The U.S. government has handed Moderna almost $600 million to accelerate its work on various bird flu vaccines as well as work on mRNA vaccines for other influenza strains with pandemic potential. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has been working with Moderna since […]
Jan 22, 2025
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
NYT In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West. Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant their child is immunized against the disease. But there was a time in […]
Jan 14, 2025
Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping
NBC News Jen Fisher can do only so much to keep her son safe from the types of infections that children can encounter at school. The rest, she said, is up to other students and parents in their hometown of Franklin, Tennessee. Fisher’s son Raleigh, 12, lives with a congenital heart condition, which has left […]
Jan 14, 2025
Vaccine Stocks Jump on U.S. Bird-Flu Death
WSJ Shares of vaccine makers including Moderna, Novavax and CureVac rose Tuesday after U.S. health officials confirmed the first American death caused by the H5N1 bird flu. Continue reading
Jan 8, 2025
Scientists Are Racing to Develop a New Bird Flu Vaccine
Time A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator. Around the same time, a senior in Louisiana was diagnosed with the first “severe” case in the U.S. As bird flu continues to ramp up, many are wondering what tools—namely, vaccines—we have […]
Jan 2, 2025
Americans are not getting seasonal vaccines ahead of the holidays
Washington Post Experts worry that the unenthusiastic embrace of vaccines could spark outbreaks and increased hospitalizations. As the holiday season approaches, public health experts are sounding the alarm about low vaccination rates against the coronavirus, flu and RSV. With gatherings and travel on the rise, many people are heading into the next few months unprotected against […]
Nov 27, 2024
60% of Americans say they probably won’t get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
Pew Research Center Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey. Smaller shares say they probably will get an updated vaccine (24%) or have already received one (15%). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended the updated vaccine to everyone ages 6 months and […]
Nov 20, 2024
The stunning success of vaccines in America, in one chart
Vox America, before and after vaccines. Measles, mumps, and polio are supposed to be diseases of the past. In the early to mid-20th century, scientists developed vaccines that effectively eliminated the risk of anyone getting sick or dying from illnesses that had killed millions over millennia of human history. Vaccines, alongside sanitized water and antibiotics, have marked the […]
Nov 19, 2024
Why getting your flu and COVID-19 vaccines before the holidays is a good idea
PBS Newshour If you missed the early fall push for flu and COVID-19 vaccines, it’s not too late. Health officials say it’s important to get vaccinated ahead of the holidays, when respiratory bugs tend to spread with travel and indoor celebrations. Those viruses haven’t caused much trouble so far this fall. But COVID-19 tends to […]
Nov 13, 2024
Another Avian Influenza mRNA Vaccine Candidate Advances
Precision Vaccinations Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a “Study Can Proceed” notification for the Company’s Investigational New Drug application, ARCT-2304, a self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) vaccine candidate for active immunization to prevent pandemic influenza disease caused by H5N1 virus. The sa-mRNA vaccine candidate is designed to make many […]
Nov 12, 2024