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Physicians raise concerns about federal hep B vaccine change
Providers are reeling from a change made by a federal agency responsible for setting and updating vaccination guidelines for American children and adults.
Dec 12, 2025
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I'm heading overseas. Do I really need travel vaccines?
Australia is in its busiest month for short-term overseas travel. And there are so many things to consider when planning your trip. Unfortunately, it's easy to overlook the importance of pre-travel vaccinations.
Dec 12, 2025
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Phase I trial finds breast cancer vaccine triggers an immune response and is safe
Cleveland Clinic researchers are presenting final Phase I data from their novel study of a vaccine aimed at preventing triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and lethal form of the disease.
Dec 11, 2025
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Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO
A new analysis by the World Health Organization reaffirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism—contrary to theories being propagated in the United States.
Dec 11, 2025
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FDA looks into reports of deaths after COVID vaccination
Federal officials say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing reports of possible deaths in adults and children following COVID-19 vaccination.
Dec 11, 2025
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Study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis
Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents—and they've shown a possible route to reducing its ...
Dec 10, 2025
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Study unveils improved mRNA cancer vaccine targeting
No matter where cancer cells grow in the human body, they are a threat to our health and our lives. But instead of treating them with chemotherapy or radiation—which have undesirable side effects—what if we could train ...
Dec 10, 2025
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New study charts paths to end cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer for women in the world, with more than 660,000 new cases and nearly 350,000 deaths per year. Now, University of Maryland mathematicians have developed effective strategies ...
Dec 10, 2025
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FDA investigating possible adult deaths from COVID vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines caused deaths in adults, as part of a safety review that earlier appeared to just be focused on children.
Dec 10, 2025
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What are parents to do as doctors clash with Trump administration over vaccines?
It's normal for parents, or anyone, to have questions about vaccinations—but what happens if your pediatrician urges a shot that's under attack by the Trump administration?
Dec 10, 2025
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FDA opens safety review of injectable RSV drugs approved for babies and toddlers
Food and Drug Administration officials have opened a safety review of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from RSV, the respiratory virus that sends thousands of American children to the hospital each ...
Dec 10, 2025
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While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains
The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common again.
Dec 9, 2025
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Rethinking long-term allergy treatments: Experimental vaccine protects against anaphylaxis in mice
Researchers led by the Institut Pasteur, Université Paris, have developed a vaccine that elicits anti-Immunoglobulin E antibodies in humanized mice, protects against Immunoglobulin E-mediated anaphylaxis, and shows no detectable ...
Polio survivors share insight on importance of vaccines in new research
Wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, shutting down schools—those scenes might sound familiar to anyone who experienced the most recent global pandemic.
Dec 8, 2025
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Vaccine panel ends recommendation for hep B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to end its decades-old recommendation that all babies be vaccinated at birth against hepatitis B.
Dec 8, 2025
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Why are hepatitis B shots given to newborns? Can birth doses wait? Here's what to know
On Dec. 5, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted to change the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.
Dec 8, 2025
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Doctors rail against weakening hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
On Dec. 5, the Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants, providing a win for the Make America Healthy Again movement while troubling many ...
Dec 8, 2025
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H5N8 avian influenza vaccine produces robust immune responses, new study finds
Finland was the first country to offer the zoonotic avian influenza A(H5N8) vaccine manufactured by Seqirus to at-risk occupational groups following the extensive clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N1) outbreak affecting wild birds and fur ...
Dec 5, 2025
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Dengue vaccine gains first major approval
The world's first single-dose vaccine to prevent dengue fever has been approved for licensure in one of the largest countries affected by the disease, following 16 years of research contributions by scientists at the University ...
Dec 5, 2025
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CDC panel votes to no longer recommend hepatitis B shot for newborns
A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to change a long-standing recommendation that all newborns in the United States receive the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they are born.
Dec 5, 2025
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Although public overwhelmingly supports hepatitis B vaccine for a newborn, partisan differences exist
On December 5, 2025, the Trump administration's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), whose members were handpicked by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and vaccination critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...
Dec 5, 2025
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US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.
Dec 5, 2025
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A single shot of HPV vaccine may be enough to fight cervical cancer, study finds
A single HPV vaccination appears just as effective as two doses at preventing the viral infection that causes cervical cancer, researchers reported Wednesday.
Dec 4, 2025
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