Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses Prescription drugs See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 5-2 to recommend the use of a new shot that can protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, adding …

Vaccines Children’s health Fighting disinformation See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Routine vaccines have prevented the deaths of about 154 million children around the world over the past 50 years, a new study shows, but efforts have been slowing recently, allowing for the growth of some …

Vaccines Federal agencies Water availability Congressional news See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent move to replace a federal panel of vaccine advisers should help restore Americans’ trust in the US Centers for Disease Control and …

Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A century ago, one of the biggest safety concerns about vaccines involved bacterial contamination. In 1916, four young children died in South Carolina after receiving typhoid vaccine that had been contaminated with Staphylococcus …

Vaccines Federal agencies Children’s health Disability issues See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested that use of the …

Vaccines Congressional news Federal agencies Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Ahead of the first meeting of newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lawmakers are sharing fresh concerns about the panel’s membership and last-minute actions that could …