COVID Boosters Might Not Be Updated for Next Season, FDA Commissioner Says
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated Tuesday that...
$800M in LGBTQ Health Research Funding Nixed by Trump Administration
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has canceled more than $800 million in research focused on...
Hospital-Onset Antimicrobial Resistant Infections Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic
Illness severity, comorbidities, and prior exposure to antibiotics associated with hospital-onset antimicrobial resistant infections
Urticaria Reported in Trial of Investigational HIV mRNA Vaccines
7 percent of 108 healthy volunteers reported urticaria; unresolved urticaria persisted at 12 months in four participants
U.S. Sees Most Child Flu Deaths Since 2009
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More U.S. children have died from the flu this season than in any year...
RFK Jr. to Change Vaccine Testing Rules
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, May 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change...
HHS, NIH Unveil Vaccine Initiative to Protect Against Future Pandemics
The new initiative will focus on research using the beta-propiolactone vaccine platform
Antibiotic Exposure Before Age 2 May Increase Risk for Chronic Pediatric Conditions
Risk seen for asthma, food allergies, allergic rhinitis, and intellectual disability
Declining Childhood Vaccination May Increase Risk for Vaccine-Preventable Infections
Measles may reestablish endemicity, with an estimated 851,300 cases over 25 years at current vaccination rates
CDC Provides Update on Measles Outbreak in the United States
Outbreak mainly affected members of communities with low measles vaccination coverage in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
