The Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Novavax vaccines protect against many known variants of COVID-19. The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines offer immunity against COVID-19 for up to six months. To ...
Shannon Building on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md., in 2015. (Lydia Polimeni/NIH via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access ...
With the virus spreading rapidly around the world, the need for a vaccine was desperate — but the prior record for the fastest development of a new vaccine to a new virus was four years.
From December to March in the province, at least 31 cases were reported and experts point to one cause — declining vaccination rates. "The unifying theme for all of these places as to why ...
The current measles outbreak might make you wonder whether you need a booster vaccine. If you’re fully vaccinated—meaning you have received two doses of the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine—you ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is initiating expanded research into understanding autism and its potential links with vaccines, a source familiar with the CDC’s planning said.
The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Sheryl Gay Stolberg The Centers for Disease ...
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This is a KFF Health News story. Researchers racing to develop bird flu vaccines for humans have turned to a cutting-edge technology that enabled the rapid development of lifesaving COVID shots.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in the process of launching a large study into possible links between autism and vaccines, sources familiar with the issue told Reuters.
Vaccines work. They save lives, protect the most vulnerable – especially children – and make the world safer for everyone. Unfortunately, 1 in 5 children around the world lack access to pre-existing ...
The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong ...