Category: Vaccine Headlines
mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target
STAT After the success of Covid vaccine, HHS is now sowing doubt in mRNA technology. mRNA, a Nobel-winning technology harnessed by Trump officials to create Covid shots in record time, is becoming a political reject as the nation’s leaders openly embrace vaccine skepticism. Republican lawmakers and federal health officials alike are shunning messenger RNA, a […]
Jun 3, 2025
Doctors fear ‘devastating consequences’ for pregnant people after RFK Jr order on Covid-19 boosters
The Guardian Advocates for pregnant people said they are alarmed by Robert F Kennedy Jr’s unprecedented and unilateral decision to remove Covid-19 booster shots from the recommended immunization schedule. A vaccine’s inclusion on the schedule is important for patient access, because many private health insurance plans determine which vaccines to cover based on the schedule. “Covid-19’s impact on pregnancy […]
May 28, 2025
Moderna Files FDA Application for the LP.8.1 Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine
Moderna Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) today announced that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review of its Spikevax 2025-2026 formula, targeting the SARS-CoV-2 variant LP.8.1. The submission is based on guidance from the U.S. FDA, which advised that COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to a monovalent JN.1 lineage, […]
May 28, 2025
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines
New York Times Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions. Many others may not be able to get the shots. The Food and Drug Administration will permit use of Covid vaccines by adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, […]
May 21, 2025
Here’s How We Know Vaccines Are Safe and Effective
MedPageToday Statements from a federal official about potential changes to the way vaccines are evaluated have left experts with more questions than answers. Earlier this month, an apparent policy change appeared in a statement to the Washington Post in which an HHS spokesperson told the paper that “All new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials prior […]
May 21, 2025
US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine
AP The U.S. government advised American travelers age 60 and older not get a chikungunya vaccine as it investigates possible side effects. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration posted notices late last week on the vaccine, Valneva’s Ixchiq. Chikungunya, spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes, is a debilitating tropical […]
May 14, 2025
Here’s Why Kennedy Says the Mumps Vaccine Doesn’t Work
MedPage Today During an interview with Dr. Philopens in a new tab or window in late April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the bold claim that “the mumps part” of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine “has never worked.” He went on to reference a whistleblower lawsuitopens in a new tab or window that claimed Merck […]
May 13, 2025
Trump administration’s universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists
NPR Vaccine experts are perplexed by a project the Trump administration has launched to develop a universal flu vaccine, which has long been a goal, though an elusive one, in medical research. Dubbed Generation Gold Standard, the project is aimed at creating a flu shot that doesn’t have to be updated every year to match the […]
May 13, 2025
US government exercises $144m option for smallpox/mpox vaccine contract
Pharmaceutical Technology The options are for the freeze-dried version of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos, a formulation that allows easier stockpiling. Amid a US measles outbreak the US government has placed a $143.6m order for Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox/mpox jab Jynneos to bolster its infectious disease preparedness. The order is part of a ten-year contract awarded to vaccine-developer […]
May 7, 2025
The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science
The Conversation Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”. The US is facing its worst measles outbreaks in years with nearly 900 cases across the country and active outbreaks in several states. At […]
May 6, 2025