Category: Vaccination and Immunization

FDA Panel Recommends a Covid Vaccine Aimed at Only the XBB Variant

An F.D.A. advisory panel told manufacturers to aim the latest coronavirus vaccine for the fall at the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant.
Cheryl Hines Didn’t Expect to Be Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Running Mate

The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress is beloved in Hollywood. In supporting her husband’s campaign, is she normalizing his often dangerous ideas?
FDA Approves Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine for Adults 60 and Older

Though agency advisers had some safety concerns, the Pfizer shot is expected to be available before the winter R.S.V. season.
An African Country Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV

Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.
FDA Panel

A committee of experts voted in favor of a new shot administered to pregnant women, one in a series of new ways to arm the very young against a life-threatening virus.
RSV Vaccine Approved for Older Adults

The shots would be the first vaccines available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands and leads to many more hospitalizations each year.
China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First

The New York Times – Business:
The homegrown shot is a crucial tool that China has been lacking — a vaccine based on a technology considered among the most effective the world has to offer.
U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens Amid Bird Flu Outbreak

The New York Times – Business:
The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low.
FDA Panel Recommends 2 RSV Vaccines for Older Adults

The New York Times – Business:
The shots, if approved by the agency, would be the first vaccines publicly available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands a year. Some advisers did cite a small but identifiable health risk.
Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says

The New York Times – Business:
A large podcast study found that Mr. Bannon’s “War Room” had more falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims than other political talk shows.
Kizzmekia Corbett Unlocked the Science of the Covid Vaccine

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Kizzmekia Corbett helped lead a team of scientists contributing to one of the most stunning achievements in the history of immunizations: a highly effective, easily manufactured vaccine against Covid-19.
Covid Vaccine Makers Kept Prepayments for Canceled Shots for Poor Nations

The New York Times – Business:
Separately, Johnson & Johnson is demanding additional payment for unwanted shots, confidential documents show.