Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Monkeypox vaccine availability and effectiveness

A smallpox vaccine shown to protect against monkeypox has come under huge global demand, leading health authorities to warn against repeating the unequal distribution seen during the COVID pandemic.

Vaccination

EU signs contract for new Spanish COVID vaccine

The European Commission has signed a contract to allow EU member states to buy up to 250 million doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine developed in Spain, it said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign

U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out COVID's next wave

Gwyneth Paige didn't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at first. With her health issues—hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma—she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer.

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