Eliminating hepatitis B shots at birth will have dire consequences, studies project
A new U.S. policy that recommends offering hepatitis B vaccine at birth only to babies perceived to be…
Stem Cell Editing Programs the Immune System to Make Own Therapeutic Proteins
Credit: JUAN GAERTNER/ Science Photo Library / Getty Images For pathogens like HIV, malaria, and rapidly evolving influenza…
New nasal flu vaccine shows promise in mice
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Why RFK’s CDC Is Endorsing ‘Shared Decisionmaking’ for Vaccines
In the year that US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been in office,…
America’s vaccine skepticism is starting to show up in health data
When a baby is born in a hospital in the US, one of the first things that happens…
Oral vaccine could fight colorectal cancer
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Parents increasingly refusing vitamin K shots raises risk of infant brain bleeding
A review has found that parents are increasingly refusing vitamin K injections for their newborns, an intervention that…
Nasal Spray Could Protect Against Range of Respiratory Bugs
Scientists are testing a nasal spray that aims to put lungs on alert against just about any…
Mucosal Vaccine Clears C. diff in Preclinical Study
Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Researchers at Vanderbilt Health say they have developed a novel vaccine that…
PhRMA forum shows industry divide between Dr. Oz, Marty Makary
WASHINGTON — Two of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top lieutenants struck decidedly different tones at a…
What drugs are safe during pregnancy? There’s a shocking lack of data
In 2021, amid the COVID‑19 pandemic, Kristin Wall became pregnant with her second child. Her physician told her…
Antigen Orientation Boosts HPV Cancer SNA Vaccine, Slows Tumors in Models
An artistic interpretation of a spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticle carrying HPV antigen (E7₁₁–₁₉) and CpG adjuvant DNA…