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Texas lawmakers, amid measles outbreak, pass bill making it easier to request vaccine exemptions
Wed, 2025-05-28 18:12 —
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New Texas bill makes it easier to request vaccine exemptions
Texas lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it easier for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children, despite the current measles outbreak in West Texas.
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RFK Jr's CDC recomendations to drop COVID vaccinations for healthy children, pregnant woman criticized by specialists
Wed, 2025-05-28 17:29 —
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Healthy Returns: RFK Jr.’s Covid vaccine recommendation change could threaten health, access
The CDC stopped recommending Covid shots for healthy children and pregnant women, while Hinge Health makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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U.S. FDA advisors recommend vaccine manufacturers target strains related to JN.1 variant.
Fri, 2025-05-23 12:50 —
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Vaccine advisers to the FDA recommended changes to COVID vaccines
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration met Thursday to help decide which variant of the virus that causes COVID should be targeted by updated versions of the vaccines.
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Opinion: Transparency needed in Trump administration's key COVID vaccine decisions
Thu, 2025-05-22 12:26 —
mike kraft
Viewpoint: Making key COVID vaccine decisions without input, transparency is a public disservice
Strengthening trust in public health, especially around big changes to vaccine policy, requires transparency, including letting the American people know what data you're using to make them.
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U.S. FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation
Thu, 2025-05-22 12:16 —
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FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination.
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U.S.FDA will limit access to Covid-19 boosters for Americans under 65
Tue, 2025-05-20 19:45 —
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FDA says it will limit access to Covid-19 boosters for Americans under 65
Critics say shift will negatively impact people who are not high-risk but want to be vaccinated against the disease
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U.S. FDA approves Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but only for older and high risk people.
Mon, 2025-05-19 08:42 —
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After delay, FDA approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, but only for older people and those at high risk | CNN
After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a letter from the agency, but only for people 65 and older and those 12 and up who have at least one underlying condition that puts them at higher risk of severe illness.
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Some U.S. states loosen vaccine rules despite measles outbreak.
Thu, 2025-05-08 11:00 —
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States loosen vaccine rules — even as measles outbreak rages
With a longtime vaccine skeptic serving as the country’s top health official, the movement is likely to make further inroads.
Lauren Gardner
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Trump admnistration's $500 million for old vaccine technology raises questions
Mon, 2025-05-05 11:37 —
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Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists - KFF Health News
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s HHS said an enormous, noncompetitive flu vaccine development grant to two favored NIH leaders would ensure “transparency, effectiveness, and comprehensive preparedness.” But their vaccine is in early stages, relies on old technology, and is just one of scores of similar efforts.
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U.S. HHS plans research on universal flu, coronavirus vaccine, while casting doubt on future of Covid-19 booster shots
Fri, 2025-05-02 10:41 —
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HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat that hasn’t been achieved for the past 45: the development of a universal flu vaccine that could protect against multiple virus strains with pandemic potential, including H5N1 avian influenza.
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