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Texas County Reports Measles Outbreak Among Unvaccinated Children
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 – The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting an outbreak of measles in Gaines County. All cases have been identified among unvaccinated school-aged...
Therapeutic Vaccine May Fight Advanced Kidney Cancer
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 – A small, early trial of a vaccine that mobilizes the immune system to battle advanced kidney cancers appears successful, researchers report. The "personalized cancer...
Therapeutic Vaccine Shows Preliminary Safety, Effectiveness for HPV16+ Cervical Precancerous Condition
THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 – For patients with human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 (HPV16)-positive cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3), vaccination with a replication-incompetent Semliki...
RFK Jr. Faces Tough Questions at First Confirmation Hearing
THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a plethora of tough questions on vaccines, abortion and public health policy during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday as President D...
RFK Jr. Faces Tough Questions at First Confirmation Hearing
THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a plethora of tough questions on vaccines, abortion and public health policy during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday as President D...
Parental Sociodemographics Linked to Child MMR Vaccine Uptake
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – Parental sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 vaccination status are associated with measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination rates in the United States, according to...
COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Reducing Childhood Vaccinations
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine is leading some parents to skip important vaccinations for their children. Young children of parents who declined the COVID vaccine are...
Controlling Infections Might Lower Dementia Risk
THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – Preventing or treating infections could be a key means of warding off dementia, a new evidence review says. Vaccines, antibiotics, antiviral medications and...
Moderna Receives $590M From HHS To Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird...
ACIP Immunization Schedules Issued for Children, Adults
THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for adults for 2025 have been published in the Jan....
Vaccination Does Not Impact Long COVID Neurological Symptoms
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Vaccination prior to COVID-19 infection does not significantly affect neurological symptoms in patients with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a...
FDA Adds Warning Label to RSV Vaccines Abrysvo and Arexvy
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires and has approved safety labeling changes to the prescribing information for the Abrysvo (Pfizer) and Arexvy...
Interviews ID Factors Tied to COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Black Women
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – Three main themes may largely explain COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black women in the United States: mistrust in health care and government, concerns over vaccine...
15.4 Percent of 0- to 35-Month-Olds Receive Invalid Vaccine Dose
FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 – Overall, 15.4 percent of children aged 0 to 35 months receive an invalid vaccine dose, receiving a vaccine earlier or later than recommended, according to a study published...
Let's Address Tomorrow's Antivax Arguments Today: Pediatrics Expert
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – Public health officials must prepare to counter ongoing anti-vaccine sentiment in coming years, argues a leading pediatrician-scientist. “Antivaccine activism became a m...