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CVS, Walgreens Limit COVID Vaccines in Some States as Rules Shift

TUESDAY, Sept. 2, 2025 — CVS and Walgreens are changing where and how they offer COVID-19 vaccines this season as they work to comply with state laws and current U.S. Centers for Disease Control and P...

FDA Approves Updated COVID Vaccines, But Fewer People Will Be Eligible

THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2025 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the fall season but has restricted who can receive them. This marks the most limited f...

Heart Patients Urged To Seek Vaccination For Common Infectious Diseases

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27, 2025 — It is vital that people with heart disease get vaccinated against common infectious diseases like COVID-19, influenza and RSV, a new clinical guideline says. Vaccination c...

RFK Jr. Cancels $500M in mRNA Vaccine Research Projects

THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million in grants and contracts meant to support mRNA vaccine d...

Study Estimates COVID-19 Vaccinations Prevented More Than 2.5 Million Deaths in 2020 to 2024

MONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 – COVID-19 vaccination during 2020 to 2024 was beneficial, but estimates are more conservative than previous calculations that focused on the first year of vaccinations,...

COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Aid Outcomes in Patients With Cancer

TUESDAY, July 29, 2025 – COVID-19 vaccination boosters protect people with cancer developing from severe COVID-19, according to a study published online July 17 in JAMA Oncology. Jacek Skarbinski, ...

COVID Vaccines Saved More Than 2.5 Million Lives, Mostly Seniors

MONDAY, July 28, 2025 — More than 2.5 million deaths were prevented worldwide by the cutting-edge vaccines developed for COVID-19, mainly among seniors, a new analysis says. Essentially, one death w...

CDC Says COVID-19 Cases Rising in 25 States

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 — COVID-19 cases are on the rise again across the United States, with the biggest increases in parts of the South, Southeast and West Coast. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

Moderna Receives Full U.S. FDA Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine, Spikevax in Children Aged 6 Months Through 11 Years at Increased Risk for COVID-19 Disease

CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / July 10, 2025 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics License Ap...

FDA Fully Approves Moderna’s COVID Vaccine for Some Young Kids

FRIDAY, July 11, 2025 — Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children with medical conditions that put them at higher risk ...

FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Approves Required Updated Warning in Labeling of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Regarding Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following Vaccination

FDA Safety Communication June 25, 2025 Purpose: To inform the public and healthcare providers that FDA has required and approved updates to the Prescribing Information for Comirnaty (COVID-19 Va...

COVID Vaccine Protects Against Kidney Damage During Infection

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 — Kidney damage is common during a severe case of COVID-19, but vaccination appears to protect people against this life-threatening side effect, a new study says.  Unvaccinated C...

RFK Jr. Ends COVID Vaccine Urging for Healthy Kids, Pregnant Women

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 — The top U.S. health agency will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women. Tuesday's announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services S...

FDA Warns of Heart Risk With Pfizer, Moderna COVID Vaccines

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Pfizer and Moderna to expand their warning labels on COVID-19 vaccines. The updated warnings highlight a rare risk of h...

COVID Boosters Might Not Be Updated For Next Season, FDA Commissioner Says

TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 – The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated Tuesday that the agency is applying a more skeptical approach to this year’s round of COVID-19 vaccine b...

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