The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the upcoming respiratory virus season, but without input from its independent vaccine advisers. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related…
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The hearing, held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee – which voted Thursday to advance the nominations of Trump’s picks to lead two other health agencies, the US Food and Drug Administration…
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Health officials prepare for measles spread as disinformation threatens already low vaccination rates
by adminWhen Pastor Landon Schott attended a school board meeting for Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy last week, he found the room filled with balloons and T-shirts. The celebratory shirts read: #1 school in Texas for least…
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HHS said to have asked CDC to study vaccines and autism, despite robust evidence showing no link
by adminThe agency will conduct the study using the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which monitors safety of vaccines and investigates rare and serious adverse events, The Washington Post reported, citing two people familiar with the plan. Reuters…
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization said Covid-19 was a pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was already spreading around the world — and changing the world: health, science and society. What are your questions…
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During the last major measles outbreaks in the US, it took extraordinary measures to stop the spread
by adminSix years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. Measles had been declared…
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Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus can infect humans through contact with…
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Trump’s pick to lead FDA tells senators he’d look into food, abortion pill, vaccine advisers
by adminPresident Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense confirmation hearing Thursday that, if confirmed as FDA commissioner, he plans to evaluate school lunches, the abortion pill…
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Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby New Mexico county. One hundred ninety-eight measles cases have been reported in the West Texas outbreak, the Texas Department of…
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Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes…