Australia’s Bad Flu Season Has Americans Worried
Health officials in the U.S. are bracing for a severe flu season this winter after Australia was hit with a particularly bad outbreak of H3N2, a flu strain that often...
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Back-to-Back Flu Shots Linked to Miscarriage Risk
Pregnant women who get a flu vaccine in the first trimester might have an increased risk of miscarriage, according to a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease...
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All Childhood Vaccines May Someday Go In One Shot
Scientists at MIT have invented a new technology that could someday be used to deliver all childhood vaccines in a single shot. The new technology was successfully tested in mice...
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FDA Panel Unanimously Endorses Shingrix Shingles Vaccine
An advisory panel to the FDA voted 11-0 recommending approval of GlaxoSmithKline’s shingles vaccine Shingrix, paving the way for a final decision next month. The FDA does not always follow...
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Study: 3rd Dose of MMR Vaccine Could Stop Outbreaks
A new study suggests that a 3rd dose of the MMR vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella may help prevent outbreaks of mumps. The study was published in the New...
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U.S. Awards $6M to HPV Vaccine Victims
Approximately $6 million has been paid to 49 people who were injured by side effects of the HPV vaccine by February 2013, according to statistics released by the U.S. National...
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Pediatrics Advise Against Nasal Spray FluMust Vaccine
For the second year in a row, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending that everyone 6 months and older get a traditional flu shot injection rather than the...
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College Students Urged to Get Meningitis B Vaccine
Health officials are urging college students to get vaccinated against meningitis B before they head off to school. The meningitis B vaccine was approved in 2014 and protects against most...
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Maryland Reports Uptick in Pertussis Infections
The Maryland Department of Health reported a 15% increase in the number of confirmed or possible cases of pertussis (“whooping cough”) in the first half of 2017, compared to the...
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Less than 50% of Teens Up to Date on HPV Vaccine
Federal health officials reported that 60% of parents in the United States are vaccinating their children against human papillomavirus (HPV), but only 43% are up-to-date on all the recommended doses....
