Health Aug 26 Heart disease patients should get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, cardiology experts say This season’s emerging set of guidelines stand out because they urge the need for vaccine-based protection against respiratory illnesses, including COVID, contradicting statements from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Trump administration. By Laura Santhanam
Health Jun 27 What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr. Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 years. Here’s what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines. By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact
Health Jun 26 RFK Jr.’s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism. By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press
Health Dec 20 Flu cases surge in parts of the U.S. as vaccine rates for children drop compared to last year Thirteen states reported high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week, about double from the week before. By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Sep 05 Your fall guide to COVID, RSV and flu vaccines By Laura Santhanam After last winter’s flu, COVID and RSV tripledemic threatened public health and the stability of the U.S. health care system, doctors are urging virtually everyone to get vaccinated against the flu and COVID and for people to talk to their… Continue reading
Oct 01 Many pregnant people aren’t getting flu shots, but these bills could help By Shefali Luthra, The 19th Two bills shared first with The 19th are part of an effort to improve access to flu shots and other vaccines for viruses that are particularly damaging when pregnant. Continue reading
Dec 16 Flu vaccinations rise sharply in both children and adults By Helen Branswell, STAT The increase in early vaccination may be due to fresh memories of how bad last winter was, but other factors may also be at play. Continue reading
Nov 01 How llamas could help us fight the flu By Vicky Stein Researchers now think they’re on the path to universal flu protection. The source of their new defense: llamas. Continue reading
Mar 10 Flu vaccine grown without eggs provided measurably better protection this season, FDA says By Helen Branswell, STAT The sole influenza vaccine made in cell culture in the United States may have worked about 20 percent better this flu season than the standard vaccines made in eggs, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Thursday. Continue reading