The federal government has updated the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule following a presidential directive. Six vaccines, including those for COVID-19 and the flu, are no longer routinely recommended ...

Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said. By Rebecca Robbins In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine using mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday, a decision that could delay the ...

The American Medical Association and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness, mirroring a role long ...

Experts worry Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda. The tool has not yet been deployed ...

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Southern elephant seal pups were among the first to die when a deadly strain of avian influenza arrived in the Crozet Islands in 2024. But as the virus spread across the sub-Antarctic archipelago, a ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Committee member, Dr. Kirk Milhoan, speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on ...

Chances are, if you were born before 1980, you had chickenpox at some point. Today, the highly contagious disease is rare in the U.S., owing to the efficacy of the vaccine, but the varicella-zoster ...

As the Trump administration erodes U.S. infrastructure supporting infectious disease vaccines, mRNA heavyweight Moderna plans to pull away from late-stage clinical trial investments in the area. “We ...

A nasty rash isn’t the only thing this shot may spare you from. A new study from the University of Southern California found that a recommended vaccine for older adults may not only prevent a painful ...