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HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat ...
Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals that Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
The agency suggested that clinical trials in humans may be required for updated Covid shots, raising questions about whether ...
Updated Covid vaccines for the fall may be in jeopardy under Kennedy’s new rules
The anticipated rollout of updated Covid vaccines this fall might be at risk after a change by Health and Human Services ...
RFK Jr. Bets $500 Million on Universal Vaccines in Shift From Covid-19 Funding
In a shift away from next-generation Covid-19 vaccines, the Trump administration is investing $500 million in a vaccine ...
COVID vaccine boosters called into question by FDA chief: ‘Void of data’
Dr. Marty Makary, chief of the FDA, has expressed doubts about the agency approving the COVID-19 vaccine for winter, stating ...
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RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines
The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...
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Weary from COVID deaths, Hispanic Texans embraced vaccines. It saved their lives.
In the deadly summer of 2020, Hispanics in Texas were half of all COVID-19 deaths, spurring many to vaccinate. Today, in a ...
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FDA puts up placebo testing requirement for new vaccines, potentially hitting COVID shot makers the hardest: reports
“Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, all new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials prior to ...
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COVID vaccine works faster with both doses in the same arm
Receiving a COVID-19 booster vaccine in the same arm as the first vaccine dose leads to a faster, more effective immune ...
COVID crackdown: Republicans seek to defund universities still requiring vaccine
Colleges that require students to undergo a COVID-19 vaccine will have their federal funding ended if House lawmakers get ...
CDC advisory group considers narrowing COVID vaccine recommendations
Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...
Fact Check: Cleveland Clinic myocarditis language misrepresented as COVID vaccine news
A Cleveland Clinic web page describing myocarditis survival rates was misrepresented online as news that millions who received COVID-19 vaccines were about to die.