Vaccines

RFK Jr. will have a vast global reach at Health and Human Services

7:36am January 28, 2025

In confirmation hearings for his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the focus was on domestic issues. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

Syrian medics launched a vaccination campaign in the northwestern Idlib province in early 2023. Such campaigns depend on the global cholera vaccine stockpile, which is currently empty.

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry

4:29pm March 08, 2024

by Gabrielle Emanuel

With cholera on the rise around the world, the global vaccine stockpile is running dry. New doses go right to active outbreaks, with none left for prevention campaigns. Can vaccine makers catch up?

New COVID-19 vaccines received the backing of a panel of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. The shots will be available across the country later this week.

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CDC advisers back broad rollout of new COVID boosters

8:31pm September 12, 2023

A panel of doctors and scientists advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that people 6 months of age and older get new COVID boosters this fall.

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A COVID booster is administered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Is it wiser to get a booster now or wait for the new fall booster?

2:23pm August 11, 2023

by Fran Kritz

Maybe it's not a full-blown summer surge but COVID numbers are ticking up. For those with concerns due to personal risk factors or the start of the school year, the booster question is top of mind.

People queue for a free malaria test in Lagos, Nigeria. The country has one of the highest national death tolls from the mosquito-borne disease. A new vaccine offers hope. But logistics could prevent it from reaching the arms of those who are eligible.

New malaria vaccine offers a ray of hope to Nigeria. There's just one thing ...

7:32am July 11, 2023

by Tolani Yesufu

The country's toll makes up nearly a third of the world's 619,000 malaria deaths each year. Now Nigeria has approved a new vaccine. Will it get into the arms of those who need it most?

A gull picks up a discarded protective face mask from the shoreline in the marina on August 11, 2020 in Dover, England.

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Are masks for the birds? We field reader queries about this new stage of the pandemic

2:45pm June 16, 2023

The official emergency is over but COVID is still here. And that means ... lots of questions. We asked our readers what's on their mind and then called on experts for advice.

A sign for monkeypox vaccinations is shown at a vaccination site in Miami Beach, Fla.

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The CDC is worried about a mpox rebound and urges people to get vaccinated

7:07pm May 18, 2023

by Pien Huang

A cluster of mpox cases in the Chicago area has sparked fears of a summer wave. Health officials are pointing to new research showing the vaccine is effective and hoping people take notice.

Shana Alesi administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine to Marine Corps veteran Bill Fatz at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Ill., in 2021. A new round of boosters could become available for some people this spring.

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The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people

1:22pm March 29, 2023

by Rob Stein

The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to make available the COVID-19 vaccines that target omicron as a second booster for people with weak immune systems and those ages 65 and older.

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map shows all counties in NC have low community levels of COVID-19

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Triad health care systems go mask optional

3:32pm March 28, 2023

by Paul Garber

The Triad area’s major health care providers have dropped the requirement for masks.

Dr. Firdausi Qadri has been engaged in a decades-long battle against a microbial foe — the bacterium that causes cholera.

Where this doctor finds hope amid her country's record cholera outbreak

5:00am March 02, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.