Category: Vaccine Headlines
Coronavirus vaccines, once free, are now pricey for uninsured people
Washington Post The elimination of the Bridge Access Program means some low-income Americans must pay up to $200 for an updated shot. As updated coronavirus vaccines hit U.S. pharmacy shelves, adults without health insurance are discovering the shots are no longer free, instead costing up to $200. The federal Bridge Access Program covering the cost of coronavirus vaccines for […]
Sep 3, 2024
Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need
NYT Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations have slowed access. There are no vaccines for mpox available in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of a global health emergency declared last week, even though the country first asked for the shots two years […]
Sep 3, 2024
What to know about the latest round of Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines
CNBC It’s that time of the year again. A new round of Covid shots is on its way to Americans. The Food and Drug Administration last week approved updated mRNA-based vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna amid a relatively large summer surge of the virus. Here’s what you need to know, including how the shots are different this time around, who is eligible, where […]
Aug 27, 2024
Should You Get Another Covid Shot Now?
NYT The virus is spreading, but new vaccines coming this fall could offer better protection. We asked experts about the right time for a booster. Patients keep asking Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, the same question: Is it time to get another Covid shot? The virus […]
Aug 21, 2024
Should You Get Another Covid Shot Now?
NYT The virus is spreading, but new vaccines coming this fall could offer better protection. We asked experts about the right time for a booster. Patients keep asking Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, the same question: Is it time to get another Covid shot? The virus […]
Aug 13, 2024
Will bird flu be the next pandemic? Vaccines are prepped, just in case.
USA Today A quiet effort to prevent the next global pandemic began rolling off an assembly line this summer behind the gates of an office complex in suburban Raleigh. In this sprawling factory, sheltered by thick pine groves, workers at CSL Seqirus are bottling millions of doses of a new vaccine targeting the H5N1 bird […]
Aug 13, 2024
Free Covid Vaccines Will Soon Become Harder for Some to Find
NYT There are just two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine left in the fridge at Good Samaritan Health Centers of Gwinnett in Norcross, Ga. Once those shots have been used, the nonprofit fears it may have to charge its patients for what was once a free vaccine. “Once we’re out of it, we’re not going […]
Aug 6, 2024
CDC will offer seasonal flu shots to farmworkers to lower bird flu risk
STAT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that it is funding a $5 million program to vaccinate livestock industry workers against seasonal flu in a bid to reduce the pandemic risk posed by the ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak in cattle. The voluntary program, which will be administered by state and local public health […]
Jul 30, 2024
New initiative launched by WHO to develop mRNA bird flu vaccines
ABC News The World Health Organization announced Monday that it has launched an initiative to help accelerate the development of a human bird flu vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. The project, which will be led by Argentinian pharmaceutical company Sinergium Biotech, will aim to identify vaccine candidates for manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries, the WHO […]
Jul 30, 2024
Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast marks new milestone
VOA The world’s second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine program using shots developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India. The introduction of the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved R21 vaccine comes six months after the first malaria vaccine, called RTS,S and developed […]
Jul 16, 2024