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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Anti-Vaccine Group’s Free Speech Case

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its v...

Moderna’s New Flu Shot Shows Strong Results in Older Adults

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 — Moderna’s new flu vaccine, based on the same mRNA technology used in its COVID-19 shot, showed promising results in a major trial, the company announced Monday. The vaccine, ca...

COVID Vaccine Labels To Warn of Rare Heart Risk

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men. The u...

RFK Jr.-Appointed Vaccine Panel Removes Flu Shot Ingredient

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them a...

U.S. Stops Funding for Gavi Global Vaccine Program, Sparking Backlash

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. K...

School Vaccination Requirements Widely Supported By Americans, Poll Says

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 — There’s widespread support among Americans for requiring that kids be vaccinated before they can go to school, a new Harvard survey has found. About 4 in 5 U.S. adults (79%) ...

Wastewater Can Accurately Predict COVID-19 Surges

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 — Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says. Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples acc...

CDC Pulls Vaccine Slide After Expert Cites Study Doesn’t Exist

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 — A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain e...

Senate Grills CDC Nominee Susan Monarez on Agency Cuts

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 —  The woman tapped to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says she supports science, vaccines and public health programs — but she dodged key ques...

Ex-Vaccine Panelist Speaks Out on Firing, New Committee

Thursday, June 26, 2025 — The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been soberly and deliberately helping set U.S. vaccination policy for more than 60 years. During that t...

Updated COVID Vaccines Effective Against New Strains

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says. The study, which e...

FDA Approves First Twice-a-Year HIV Prevention Shot, Yeztugo

FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 — A new shot to prevent HIV infection has just been approved — and it only needs to be taken twice a year. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved len...

CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 — A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program. Dr...

Worse Outcomes Seen for Unvaccinated Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19, AKI

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 – For patients hospitalized with COVID-19 infection and acute kidney injury (AKI), those who are unvaccinated have worse outcomes in terms of kidney function and mortality,...

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...

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