The longtime anti-vaccine activist could influence how the FDA and CDC approach the lifesaving shots.
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Moderna slashes research budget as vaccine sales disappoint
The company is slowing its pace of studying new treatments in part because of recent commercial challenges.
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Gaza is vaccinating against polio. Is the virus a threat to the U.S.?
A campaign is ongoing to vaccinate children in Gaza after its first polio case in 25 years. The threat to the United States is only in communities with low vaccination levels.
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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines Saturday, a day before the large-scale rollout and planned pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the United Nations World Health Organization.
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FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
While most Americans have some degree of immunity from prior infections or vaccinations or both, that protection wanes.
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Startup developing ‘vaccine’ to fight fentanyl addictions, overdoses
Fentanyl poisoning has been the leading cause of death for Americans between age 18 and 45 since 2019, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Opinion: Trump and RFK Jr. want to make the world safe again for polio and measles. You should be terrified.
What makes anti-vaccine propaganda so insidious is that it exploits public inattention.
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Agencies launch effort to promote vaccinations with supplies of new COVID shot limited
The new effort to promote vaccinations come as supplies of a new COVID-19 vaccine are still limited in Maine and nationwide.
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CDC panel recommends updated COVID vaccines. Shots could be ready this week
Experts worry that immunity from previous vaccinations and infections is fading in many people, and a new shot would save many lives.
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U.S. approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination.