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Eight in 10 Infants Received RSV Protection in the 2023 to 2024 Season
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – Eight in 10 infants received respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) protection during the 2023 to 2024 season, according to a research letter published online Jan. 8 in JAMA ...
Blood Test May Help Predict How Long Immunity Lasts
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2024 – It’s long been a mystery why folks need a flu vaccine every year, even though immunizations they got in childhood continue to protect them from measles and mumps. Researchers ...
U.S. Whooping Cough Cases Surge
MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – Rates of whooping cough in the U.S. continue to climb, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Over 32,000 cases reported have been reported as of...
Confidence in Vaccines Both Steady and Rising in U.S. Adults
THURSDAY, Jan. 2, 2025 -- Vaccines to protect against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public, while confidence in other ...
Influenza Vaccine Effective Against Severe Illness in Children
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 – Influenza vaccine is effective for preventing severe influenza illness among children, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Network Open. Kelsey M. Sumner,...
Flu Cases Start to Surge as Americans Prepare for Holiday Gatherings
MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2024 – Predictably, flu season is in full swing, with cases surging across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Friday in a report....
Concerns Raised as Too Few U.S. Children Have Received Flu Vaccine
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – In new data posted this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 37 percent of children had received the influenza vaccine as of Nov. 30 – down...
ACIP Updates Recommendations for Bexsero MenB-4C Vaccine
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations have been updated for the meningococcal serogroup B MenB-4C vaccine (Bexsero), in accordance with...
Transmission of RV5 Strain Occurs Infrequently in Neonatal ICU
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – Transmission of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (RV5) strain is infrequent in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and does not have clinical consequences, according...
Only a Third of U.S. Kids Have Gotten Flu Shots
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – Despite a record number of American children dying from the flu last year, the percentage of kids getting their flu shots keeps falling. In new data posted this week by the...
Group of Nobel Laureates Press Senate to Reject Kennedy's Nomination
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Robert Kennedy Jr. should not be confirmed to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over 75 Nobel laureates urged Monday. In a letter published by the New...
Trump Says RFK Jr. Free to Revisit Discredited Autism/Vaccine Link
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 – If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is approved to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he will be free to revisit a long-debunked link between autism and childhood...
When's Best Time for Your COVID Booster? That May Depend on You
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 – Folks might want to try timing their COVID-19 booster vaccine to coincide with a period of increased transmission in their area, a new study suggests. Doing so can improve...
Twice-Yearly Injection 96% Effective in Preventing HIV Infection
THURSDAY, Nov. 28, 2024 – People whose partners have HIV must remember to take antiretroviral pills every single day or risk infection themselves. But researchers have come up with a way to avoid...
Trump Picks Vaccine Mandate Critic Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head National Institutes of Health
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 – President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford health economist and critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates, to lead the nation's...