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By Emily Sohn December 17 My kids and I tried something different for our flu shots this year. Instead of making separate visits to my doctor and their pediatrician, we all went to the same place: our local Target, where the in-store clinic offered us each a $5 gift card for getting vaccinated. The visit was convenient: […]

Black adolescents living in the United States tend to receive the influenza vaccine at significantly lower rates than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to Florida State University researchers. A new study, led by former FSU graduate student Noah Webb, along with current graduate student Benjamin Dowd-Arrow and Associate Professors of Sociology Miles Taylor and […]

Money is just the obvious obstacle. A few diseases, like H.I.V., so far have outwitted both the immune system and scientists. Credit Jens Mortensen for The New York Times By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Vaccines are among the most ingenious of inventions, and among the most maddening. Some global killers, like smallpox and polio, have been totally […]

By Lena H. Sun December 7 A national shortage of a new vaccine to protect against the painful rash known as shingles is worsening, even as the manufacturer announced plans this week to boost deliveries. Demand for the two-dose Shingrix vaccine has skyrocketed since it became broadly available in the United States in the spring, say pharmacists. The […]

LONDON (Reuters) – A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and Rabies. The deal, between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and a team of scientists at […]

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A private school in Ohio says its no longer accepting religious beliefs as an excuse for refusing to have a child vaccinated. In November, the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland sent a letter to parents, saying exceptions would only be made to children who are allergic to vaccines. “We recognize that there […]

CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — With the number of cases of HPV-associated cancers on the rise, the American Dental Association (ADA) has adopted a policy that urges dentists to support the use and administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The combined estimate by the American Cancer Society is that there will be more than 50,000 […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a supplemental application for Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) expanding the approved use of the vaccine to include women and men aged 27 through 45 years. Gardasil 9 prevents certain cancers and diseases caused by the nine HPV types covered by the vaccine. “Today’s […]

Vaccines and schools — a public health power couple By: Avi Wolfman-Arent August 23, 2018 Listen 12:23 <img src=”https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bigstock-204060037-768×509.jpg” alt=”In all 50 states, children are required to receive certain vaccinations in order to attend public school. (Bigstock/borgogniels)” title=”” width=”640″ height=”424″/>In all 50 states, children are required to receive certain vaccinations in order to attend public […]