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23 May

Parent Concerns about HPV Vaccine Safety Growing, Study Finds

More than 1 out of 4 parents remain reluctant to vaccinate their preteens against HPV despite growing evidence of the vaccine’s safety, researchers say.

20 Apr

Science May Be One Step Closer to Universal Flu Vaccine

Experimental flu vaccine may ward off multiple strains of the virus for a longer period of time, study finds.

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28 Mar
U.S. Mpox Cases Rising Again as Vaccinations Lag

U.S. Mpox Cases Rising Again as Vaccinations Lag

Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data shows.

In response, public health experts have raised alarms about the increase and stressed that vaccina...

26 Mar
ERs Might Be Good Spots to Offer Flu Shots

ERs Might Be Good Spots to Offer Flu Shots

TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot.

Just ask them to. 

And then reinforce the invitation with a little video and print encouragement.

"Our study adds...

19 Mar
CDC, AMA Issue Calls to Get Vaccinated Against Measles

CDC, AMA Issue Calls to Get Vaccinated Against Measles

Two of America's leading health organizations are highlighting a global rise in measles cases as yet another reason for families to make sure they get...

18 Mar
Measles Outbreaks Have CDC Tweaking Travel Guidelines

Measles Outbreaks Have CDC Tweaking Travel Guidelines

As millions of Americans prepare to travel abroad this summer and measles outbreaks increase worldwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tightened its guidance on how travelers should handle the potential health threat.

Americans planning to fly to...

11 Mar
Real World Data Shows RSV Shot Cut Infant Hospitalizations by 90%

Real World Data Shows RSV Shot Cut Infant Hospitalizations by 90%

Real-world data show that a shot that protects babies against RSV is 90% effective in keeping them out of the hospital.

Those numbers outstrip what had been expected of Beyfortus (nirse...

11 Mar
COVID Virus Lingers in Tissues for Over a Year

COVID Virus Lingers in Tissues for Over a Year

The COVID-19 virus can linger in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after they’ve shaken their initial infection, new findings show.

Researchers found pieces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind

06 Mar
Breastfeeding After COVID Booster Passes Protective Antibodies to Baby

Breastfeeding After COVID Booster Passes Protective Antibodies to Baby

There's more evidence bolstering the health effects of both breastfeeding and the COVID booster shot: Vaccinated, breastfeeding moms appear to pass COVID-fighting antibodies to their infants.

That's important, since babies under the age of 6 months aren't eligible for t...

04 Mar
Vaccines Protect You & Your Kids From Measles: FDA

Vaccines Protect You & Your Kids From Measles: FDA

As new outbreaks of measles -- a once nearly eliminated illness in the United States -- continue to emerge, experts remind Americans that there's an easy way to stop infection: Get vaccinated.

"Measles spreads so easily that if one person has it, 90% of the people close ...

29 Feb
Changes in Gay Men's Behaviors, Not Vaccine, Halted Mpox Outbreak

Changes in Gay Men's Behaviors, Not Vaccine, Halted Mpox Outbreak

New research finds the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men began to slow down after just a few months -- even though just 8% of high-risk people had received the mpox vaccine.

That suggests that it was changes in gay and bisexual men's sexual behaviors, not the...

29 Feb
CDC Experts Recommend Seniors Get Another COVID Shot

CDC Experts Recommend Seniors Get Another COVID Shot

Even if they got a COVID booster last fall, American seniors should still get a second shot this spring to best protect themselves, U.S. health officials recommended Wednesday.

The latest guidance, voted on by a vaccine advisory panel and endorsed by the U.S. Centers for...

28 Feb
What Is Measles, and How Can I Shield Myself & My Family?

What Is Measles, and How Can I Shield Myself & My Family?

Once thought to be a bygone disease, measles is making a comeback in the United States and globally as folks shun a safe, surefire way to prevent it: The measles vaccine.

But what is measles, and how easily does it spread?

27 Feb
Which Families Are Less Likely to Get Teens the HPV Vaccine?

Which Families Are Less Likely to Get Teens the HPV Vaccine?

Well-to-do American families are more likely than poorer families to increase their children's risk of cervical cancer by skipping the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, a new study has found.

Nearly two-thirds of well-off parents (65%) do not intend to seek out the HPV...

23 Feb
Florida Surgeon General Defies CDC Guidance Amid School Measles Outbreak

Florida Surgeon General Defies CDC Guidance Amid School Measles Outbreak

Amid an outbreak of measles at a Florida elementary school, the state's surgeon general has defied federal health guidance and told parents it's up to them whether they want to keep their unvaccinated child home to avoid infection.

In a

16 Feb
CDC May Recommend COVID Boosters for Some This Spring

CDC May Recommend COVID Boosters for Some This Spring

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing whether to recommend another COVID booster shot this spring, most likely for those who are vulnerable to severe illness.

An advisory panel to the CDC is expected to vote on whether to recommend a spring boos...

15 Feb
Wrong RSV Shots Given to Some Pregnant Women, Young Kids

Wrong RSV Shots Given to Some Pregnant Women, Young Kids

More than two dozen toddlers and at least 128 pregnant women received RSV vaccines they should not have gotten, U.S. health officials say.

The mixup, reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...

08 Feb
Americans Have One Trusted Source for Info on COVID Vaccines

Americans Have One Trusted Source for Info on COVID Vaccines

A doctor or nurse might be the only person capable of convincing a vaccine-hesitant person to get the COVID jab, a new study shows.

Those who trust the medical profession are most likely to get vaccinated against COVID, despite their initial hesitancy or resistance, acco...

07 Feb
High-Risk Strains of HPV Could Raise Women's Odds for Heart Death

High-Risk Strains of HPV Could Raise Women's Odds for Heart Death

Women are four times more likely to die from heart disease and six times more likely to die from stroke if infected with a high-risk strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), a new study warns.

HPV already is known to cause most cervical cancers, and previous research has su...

06 Feb
More Evidence COVID Shot in Pregnancy Is Safe, Healthy for Babies

More Evidence COVID Shot in Pregnancy Is Safe, Healthy for Babies

The COVID-19 vaccine given to pregnant women does no harm to their unborn babies, and can actually lower the risk of serious complications in newborns, a new study finds.

Babies born to women who received the COVID vaccine had half the death rate of those born to unvacc...

06 Feb
Vaccines May Work Better if Arms Are Alternated for Each Shot

Vaccines May Work Better if Arms Are Alternated for Each Shot

When getting vaccines, switching arms for each dose may produce greater immunity than having the jabs delivered into the same arm.

That's the finding from a new study that looked at the first two doses of COVID vacci...

02 Feb
Latest COVID Vaccine Shields Against Current Dominant Strain

Latest COVID Vaccine Shields Against Current Dominant Strain

In some good news for those folks who rolled up their sleeves for the latest COVID vaccine last fall, new government research shows the updated shots halve the chances of getting a symptomatic infection.

“Everything from this study is reassuring that the vaccines are p...

29 Jan
Study Looks at COVID Threat to Folks With Weakened Immune Systems

Study Looks at COVID Threat to Folks With Weakened Immune Systems

It's long been known that people with immune deficiencies are at increased risk for severe COVID.

But a new study shows the threat varies dramatically based on how severe that immune suppression is and the reason behind it, researchers report in the Jan. 24 issue of the ...

26 Jan
Cervical Cancer Rates Are on the Rise Among the Poor

Cervical Cancer Rates Are on the Rise Among the Poor

Women in poorer areas of the United States have experienced a dramatic increase in advanced cervical cancer, a new study shows.

Late-stage cervical cancer cases and deaths have gone up in U.S. counties with an average household income of between $19,330 and $38,820, rese...

26 Jan
Single Dose of New Typhoid Vaccine Protects Kids Long-Term

Single Dose of New Typhoid Vaccine Protects Kids Long-Term

While largely eliminated in more affluent nations, typhoid remains a deadly scourge in developing countries, killing more than 110,000 children every year.

Children in endemic areas -- mainly sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia -- have new reason to hope, however, with...

16 Jan
Vaccination Cuts Odds for Long COVID in Kids

Vaccination Cuts Odds for Long COVID in Kids

Vaccination can protect young people -- particularly teenagers-- against long COVID, a new study finds.

Records of more than 1 million U.S. kids showed that the COVID jab can effectively shield kids from long-term health problems related to the infection, according to fi...

12 Jan
A 'Universal' COVID Vaccine Could Save Billions If Another Pandemic Strikes

A 'Universal' COVID Vaccine Could Save Billions If Another Pandemic Strikes

A universal coronavirus vaccine could have saved millions of lives and billions of dollars if one had been available prior to the pandemic, a new study argues.

Further, a universal vaccine -- one that targets parts of the virus common to all coronaviruses -- could still ...

12 Jan
COVID Can Threaten Sickle Cell Patients, But Too Few Are Vaccinated

COVID Can Threaten Sickle Cell Patients, But Too Few Are Vaccinated

Sickle cell disease is one of many chronic health conditions that dramatically increases the risk of hospitalization and death in people infected by COVID-19.

Unfortunately, folks with sickle cell disease are much less likely to have received the best protection availabl...

29 Dec
Could Antibody Discovery Lead to Better Flu Vaccines?

Could Antibody Discovery Lead to Better Flu Vaccines?

Researchers appear to have discovered a new weapon in the war on a particularly difficult foe.

They have identified a previously unrecognized class of antibodies that seem to be capable of neutralizing multiple strains of the flu virus.

Their findings, recently rep...

28 Dec
JN.1 Variant Now Behind Nearly Half of U.S. COVID Cases

JN.1 Variant Now Behind Nearly Half of U.S. COVID Cases

As Americans travel far and wide to see family and friends this holiday season, a new COVID variant named JN.1 has become dominant across the country.

A descendant of the variant BA.2.86, JN.1 now accounts for 44 percent of COVID cases, up from roughly 7 percent in late ...

27 Dec
Anti-Vaxxers More Likely to Skip Vaccinating Their Pets, Survey Finds

Anti-Vaxxers More Likely to Skip Vaccinating Their Pets, Survey Finds

People whose beliefs or concerns make them hesitant to get vaccinated are also likely to forgo vaccinating their pets, new research shows.

That could threaten the health of people and their four-legged friends, researchers said.

“Decreasing pet vaccination rates ...

20 Dec
WHO Declares JN.1 a COVID Variant of Interest as It Spreads Widely

WHO Declares JN.1 a COVID Variant of Interest as It Spreads Widely

The new COVID variant known as JN.1 was named a "variant of interest" by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, which means health officials are now closely tracking its rapid spread across the globe.

So far, the highly mutated variant has not been shown to trigger mo...

18 Dec
Most U.S. Parents Plan to Vaccinate Kids Against Flu, RSV: Survey

Most U.S. Parents Plan to Vaccinate Kids Against Flu, RSV: Survey

Most parents plan to have their kids vaccinated against influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), even as COVID-19 vaccine acceptance flags, a new poll finds.

Seven in 10 parents (71%) plan to have their children get an RSV jab and six in 10 (63%) plan to get thei...

15 Dec
New Melanoma Treatment Vaccine Shows Promise in Trial

New Melanoma Treatment Vaccine Shows Promise in Trial

A new melanoma vaccine has shown its mettle in battling the deadly skin cancer in a new trial.

People with advanced melanomas who received the vaccine plus Merck's cancer drug Keytruda were 49% less likely to die or have their cancer return after three years than those w...

15 Dec
Too Few Americans Are Getting Vaccinated for Flu, COVID & RSV, CDC Warns

Too Few Americans Are Getting Vaccinated for Flu, COVID & RSV, CDC Warns

Low vaccination rates for the flu, RSV and COVID-19 are putting Americans at higher risk for severe illness and hospitalization this winter, a new government alert warned Thursday.

There is an “urgent need” to boost vaccination rates as the trio of viruses spread thr...

14 Dec
As Congo Outbreak Continues, Study Finds Low-Dose Mpox Vaccine Still Offers Protection

As Congo Outbreak Continues, Study Finds Low-Dose Mpox Vaccine Still Offers Protection

Mpox is making headlines again, as an outbreak of severe disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa has infected thousands of people and killed hundreds.

Amid this worrying scenario, researchers at New York University (NYU) offer a glimmer of good news: Smalle...

01 Dec
Respiratory Illnesses in China Not Caused by New Virus, CDC Director Testifies

Respiratory Illnesses in China Not Caused by New Virus, CDC Director Testifies

FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 2023 (Healthday News) -- In testimony provided Thursday to members of Congress, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that a surge in respiratory illnesses in China is not being fueled by a new virus.

Instead, the spike can ...

28 Nov
New COVID Variant Takes Hold in the United States

New COVID Variant Takes Hold in the United States

TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, new government data shows.

Now, nearly 1 in 10 new COVID cases are fueled by the BA.2.86 variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

16 Nov
CDC to Release Infants' RSV Shots to Help Ease Shortage

CDC to Release Infants' RSV Shots to Help Ease Shortage

To address a continuing nationwide shortage, more than 77,000 doses of RSV shots for infants were released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The additional doses are of Beyfortus, a long-acting mono...

16 Nov
Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Killing 136,000 Last Year

Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Killing 136,000 Last Year

Measles deaths are surging worldwide, prompted by a wave of infections among unvaccinated children, public health experts say.

Deaths from measles increased by 43% globally in 2022 compared to the year before, resulting from an 18% increase in measles cases, the World He...

10 Nov
Childhood Vaccine Exemptons Hit Highest Level Yet: CDC

Childhood Vaccine Exemptons Hit Highest Level Yet: CDC

FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (Healthday News) -- In a sign that suggests many American parents have become dubious about the safety of childhood vaccines, new government data shows that immunization exemptions for kindergartners have reached their highest levels ever.

The lates...

10 Nov
FDA Approves First Vaccine for Chikungunya Virus

FDA Approves First Vaccine for Chikungunya Virus

FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023 (Healthday News) -- The first vaccine to prevent infection with the chikungunya virus was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.

The single-dose shot, known as Ixchiq, is approved for adults who are at increased risk of expos...

09 Nov
Best Way to Prevent Cervical Cancers: Immunize Boys Against HPV, Too

Best Way to Prevent Cervical Cancers: Immunize Boys Against HPV, Too

The best way to prevent cervical cancer in women is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, a new study argues.

That way, herd immunity could help eradicate the cancer-causing virus, researchers say.

Cancer-related HPV strains declined significantly in Finnish...

07 Nov
COVID Vaccine Won't Raise Miscarriage Risk

COVID Vaccine Won't Raise Miscarriage Risk

A new study provides deeper insight into the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people planning to become pregnant.

Boston University researchers found no increased risk of early or late-term miscarriage resulting from either the male or the female partner getting a COVID-1...

31 Oct
At-Home, Inhaled Flu Vaccine Could Be on Horizon

At-Home, Inhaled Flu Vaccine Could Be on Horizon

Getting a yearly flu shot is one of the best ways to protect yourself from infection or severe illness, but not everyone likes shots.

Now, there is some potentially good news for those who fear needles: A nasal spray flu vaccine that you can take or give at home is on th...

27 Oct
Just 7% of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Updated COVID Vaccine

Just 7% of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Updated COVID Vaccine

Fewer Americans are rolling up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 shot, leading health experts to call for a stepped-up vaccination campaign.

Only 7% of adults and 2% of children in the United States have received the new vaccine, a nationwide survey conducted two we...

26 Oct
Improved Meningitis Vaccine May Be On the Way

Improved Meningitis Vaccine May Be On the Way

A new vaccine recommended Wednesday by independent advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could provide more comprehensive protection from meningitis.

The shot would protect against five types of bacteria causing meningococcal disease, one more t...

26 Oct
CDC Advisors Say High-Risk Men Should Still Get MPox Vaccine

CDC Advisors Say High-Risk Men Should Still Get MPox Vaccine

High-risk men should still get their mpox vaccinations even after the ongoing outbreak ends, advisors to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Wednesday.

That vulnerable group includes men who have sex with men; people who have more than one sex...

24 Oct
Shortage of Shots That Protect Babies Against RSV Prompts CDC Alert

Shortage of Shots That Protect Babies Against RSV Prompts CDC Alert

Demand for a new shot that protects babies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has outpaced supply, prompting U.S. health officials to recommend the doses be saved for high-risk infants.

In an alert post...

23 Oct
Pandemic Didn't Lower Parents' Trust in Childhood Vaccines

Pandemic Didn't Lower Parents' Trust in Childhood Vaccines

Lots of vaccine disinformation spread during the pandemic, and doctors worried that may have given some parents pause about not only the risks of the COVID shot, but of childhood vaccines as well.

Now, new research puts that worry to rest.

“We did not see a signi...

18 Oct
Getting COVID Raises Odds for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Vaccination Lowers Risk

Getting COVID Raises Odds for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Vaccination Lowers Risk

COVID infection can raise the risk of a rare immune system attack on the body's nerves -- but vaccination might protect against it, a large new study suggests.

The study, of more than 3 million Israeli adults and teenagers, found that COVID infection was linked to a subs...

13 Oct
More Than 7 Million Americans Have Gotten the New COVID Shots

More Than 7 Million Americans Have Gotten the New COVID Shots

Following a rocky rollout, more than 7 million Americans have now gotten the newly updated COVID vaccines.

Unfortunately, that's still lagging behind the number who sought booster shots last fall. For the the first updated booster...

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