Tag: vaccine
Children offered chickenpox vaccine on NHS
All young children in England and Wales will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January 2026. It will be given as two doses, at 12 and 18 months of age, combined with the existing MMR jab which protects against measles, mumps and rubella. A catch up campaign is planned for slightly…
Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, NASA’s Europa Mission Advances, and RFK, Jr., Pulls mRNA Vaccine Funds
Rogue Worlds May Not Be So Lonely After All, Europa Clipper Completes Key Test, and RFK, Jr., Pulls $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Funding From planets roaming space to major shifts in health funding, catch up with this week’s news roundup. By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Jeffery DelViscio Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday,…
mRNA Vaccine Tech Could Transform Medicine and Cure Diseases. RFK, Jr. Just Pulled Its Funding
Why mRNA Vaccines Are So Revolutionary—And What’s at Stake if We Lose Them By Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna Bryner Lipid nanoparticles, like the one shown in this illustration, are used as vehicles to deliver mRNA-based vaccines. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on Tuesday that it will cancel $500 million worth…
RFK Jr cancels $500m in mRNA vaccine development in the US
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses like the flu and Covid-19. The move will impact 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, HHS said.…
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Kennedy’s decision to terminate the projects is the latest in a string of decisions that have put the longtime vaccine…
RFK Jr. says U.S. will stop funding global vaccine group over ‘vaccine safety’ issues
Fatma Tanis The international vaccine agency, Gavi, has strongly rejected HHS Secretary Kennedy’s accusations that it was not following scientific data on vaccines, after he said the U.S. would halt all contributions unless the body made changes to its practices. Kennedy remarks were made at a Gavi pledging summit in Brussels on Wednesday, where countries…
RFK Jr.’s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy
Pien Huang An influential committee that helps craft federal vaccine policy and recommendations for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention begins a two-day meeting in Atlanta Wednesday. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, often meets in obscurity, but was thrown into the spotlight two weeks ago when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,…
Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will They Do?
Who Is on RFK, Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel—And What Will They Do? Critics fear that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chief RFK, Jr., known for his antivaccine views, has picked a crucial CDC committee that will be a “disaster for public health” By Heidi Ledford, Rachel Fieldhouse & Nature magazine U.S. Secretary of…
RFK Jr. overhauled the CDC’s vaccine panel. Here’s what it does and why it matters
Maria Godoy Until this week, it’s likely many people hadn’t heard much about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel. But the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, plays a key role in determining which vaccines children and adults receive, what gets covered by insurance and which shots are made available…
First Vaccine for Gonorrhea Rolls Out, Measles Outbreak in Texas Slows, and Megalodon Diets Are Investigated
Megalodon Diets, Teeth Sensitivity and a Bunch of Vaccine News It’s one step forward and two steps back for vaccine policy in the U.S. Plus, we discuss the fishy origins of sensitive teeth and megalodon diets. By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! It may technically still be spring,…
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test Researchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with promising results By Humberto Basilio & Nature magazine Join Our Community of Science Lovers! As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before…
Measles Vaccine Denial Is a Massive Brainwashing Campaign
Opinion ArgonautWednesdays The Brainwashing Campaign That Is Measles Misinformation A shameful mass propaganda campaign is unfolding in the U.S., one that will make millions of kids needlessly sick with measles By Dan Vergano Fake gravestones to signify victims of the measles outbreak in Samoa in 2019 sit in the grass outside the U.S. Capitol as…
Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters
Geoff Brumfiel An endorsement of the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has provoked an angry outcry from anti-vaccine activists. “The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine,” Kennedy said in the third paragraph of a lengthy post on…
As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging
As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging By burying an assessment with updates and recommendations about the U.S.’s current measles outbreaks, the CDC has signaled an alarming shift in its public messaging By Jen Schwartz edited by Jeanna Bryner A health worker prepares a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center…
Top FDA vaccine official forced out, cites RFK Jr.’s “misinformation and lies.”
Rob Stein The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration who was forced out of the agency announced his resignation Friday, and sharply criticized his boss at the Health and Human Services Department: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Marks, wrote in his resignation letter “it has become clear that truth and transparency are not…
A Norovirus Vaccine Is Closer Than Ever Before
A Vaccine for the Dreaded Norovirus Is Closer Than Ever Norovirus infection rates are extremely high this year, raising the question: Why can’t a vaccine protect us from the stomach bug? By Meghan Bartels edited by Lauren J. Young Norovirus conjures a nightmarish series of gastrointestinal symptoms, and the hated infection has been rampant this…
Trump aid spending freeze halts leading malaria vaccine programme
Global collaboration with US researchers likely to be set back by years, including on spread of drug-resistant HIV A flagship programme to create malaria vaccines has been halted by the Trump administration, in just one example of a rippling disruption to health research around the globe since the new US president took power. The USAid…
Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. Can a vaccine save them in time?
On the table, unconscious and stretched out on a pillow, Joe Mangy looks deceptively peaceful. The koala’s watery, red-rimmed eyes are the only sign of the disease at war with his body. Tubes snarl out of a mask covering his face as a vet tech listens to his chest with a stethoscope. He is not…