As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines
No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...
Balto, RFK Jr., and the Value of Vaccines
Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear cub, stands a bronze statue to another animal: Balto, the husky that, 100 ...
Vaccination rates for young Alabama children plummeted following the pandemic
Vaccination rates for Alabama’s youngest residents have fallen dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s especially true when it comes to the vaccine for polio. The state’s infants and ...
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This Vaccine Is Now Tied to a 17% Lower Dementia Risk
Getting the Shingrix vaccine after the age of 50 can reduce your chances of developing the painful skin condition known as ...
6 Real Vaccine Facts Everyone Should Know
HuffPost spoke with medical experts and researchers about vaccine facts that everyone should know, and why staying up to date ...
Who is in charge of the CDC right now? Nobody knows for sure
A number of other health agencies are also operating without acting heads, including the FDA and the National Institutes of ...
How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail
Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against ...
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Valneva reports Phase 2 results in children for its chikungunya vaccine
Valneva (VALN) announced results for its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of two different ...