Florida's New COVID Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation, Experts Say State's health department advising against most shots Sep 23, 2024
FDA OKs First Flu Vaccine for At-Home Use FluMist nasal spray can now be used without the help of a healthcare provider Sep 20, 2024
Flu Shots Appear Safe in Successive Pregnancies No increased perinatal risks found with flu vaccines, even in closely spaced pregnancies Sep 19, 2024
New COVID Variant XEC May Outpace Others This Fall No signs of meaningfully different symptoms or vaccine response, experts say Sep 18, 2024
Trump's IVF Pledge; Nurse Rescues Trapped Man; Who's Getting Vaccinated? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 13, 2024
Single Dose of Mpox Vaccine Series Appears to Give Partial Protection However, full two-dose vaccine series likely needed to curtail mpox resurgence, researchers say Sep 12, 2024
Full Sequence of Missouri Patient's H5 Bird Flu May Not Be Available Still, CDC officials say virus appears related to strain seen in dairy cows Sep 12, 2024
As Interest From Families Wanes, Pediatricians Scale Back on COVID Shots The amount of vaccine to order is "a guess," says one physician Sep 08, 2024
Which Vaccines Should You Get and Recommend This Fall? Paul Offit, MD, talks about the flu, RSV, and COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season Sep 07, 2024 video
Mpox Is Back in the News. Here's What Clinicians Need to Know. This new surge is different, WHO leader says Sep 04, 2024
RSV Vaccines Show High Effectiveness Against Hospitalization in Older Adults Initial trials were not powered to assess efficacy against RSV-associated hospitalization Sep 04, 2024
FDA OKs Updated Novavax COVID Shot Unlike the mRNA vaccines, protein-based vaccine targets JN.1 strain Sep 03, 2024
Predicting COVID Outbreaks Via Wastewater; New Medicine for Menopause Also in TTHealthWatch: myocarditis after COVID vaccination Aug 31, 2024 podcast
COVID Vax Myocarditis Stays Mild With Good Prognosis Over a Year Later Evolution of postvaccine myocarditis tracked for 18 months in cohort study Aug 26, 2024
King Charles' Cancer; COVID Vax Now or Later; Was RFK Jr. a Drug Dealer? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Aug 26, 2024
Expert Epidemiologists on Everything COVID Summer waves, long COVID data, and hope on the horizon Aug 24, 2024 video
CDC Urges Updated COVID, Flu Vaccination in September or October Agency predicts the respiratory virus season will be similar to last year Aug 23, 2024
HPV Vaccine Coverage in Teens Stalled for Second Straight Year, CDC Says And being up-to-date on HPV vaccination by age 13 fell among kids born in 2010 Aug 23, 2024
FDA OKs Updated COVID Vaccines mRNA vaccines for 2024-2025 season will target the KP.2 subvariant Aug 22, 2024
Severe COVID Linked to Mental Illness in Weeks, Months After Infection Risks for depression and serious mental illness highest among unvaccinated people Aug 21, 2024
CDC Alert on Potentially Fatal Virus; Free Abortions at DNC; New COVID Vax Imminent Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Aug 19, 2024
Study Suggests No Overall Increased Risk of MS Relapse After COVID Boosters Only patients who had two or more relapses in the previous 2 years had an increased risk Aug 15, 2024
Where Harris and Trump Stand on Top Issues in Healthcare From abortion to drug prices to gun control, here's how the presidential candidates stack up Aug 13, 2024
CDC: Vaccine Coverage Still Lags for Some Children "We need to do more," says agency's chief medical officer Aug 13, 2024
Why Measles Is 'Coming in Hot' in 2024 "We've seen data showing that vaccination rates across the board globally have dropped" Aug 13, 2024 video
CDC Action 'Likely Unlawful'; RFK Jr. Loses in Court; 24 Years for Urgent Care Doc Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Aug 12, 2024
Mpox Is Becoming More Deadly. We Need Global Action Now to Prevent Another Pandemic. A new, more dangerous variant has emerged Aug 09, 2024
Sugar Substitute and Blood Clots; Bacteria in Microwaves; Lives Saved by COVID Vax Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Aug 09, 2024
CDC: Kids' Routine Vaccinations Prevented Half a Billion Illnesses Since 1994 And every $1 spent on childhood vaccinations saved about $11, agency says Aug 08, 2024
Giving RSV and Flu Vaccines Together Led to Adequate Immune Responses Co-administration generally safe, could reduce vaccine burden, researchers say Aug 07, 2024
Docs Should Start Getting Ready For Upcoming Respiratory Virus Season Updated COVID vax coming soon, not too early to pre-order vaccines, CDC director says Aug 06, 2024
Tim Walz Beat COVID Skeptic Doc in 2022 Race for Governor Scott Jensen, MD, spoke out against vaccines, masking, and school and business closures Aug 06, 2024
Trust in Doctors Crashed During the COVID Pandemic -- And Remains Low Putting financial motives over patient care was top reason for patient mistrust, survey found Jul 31, 2024
Fauci Still Masks: Here's When and Why Former NIAID director also discusses HIV and flu antivirals, his third COVID infection, and more Jul 30, 2024 video
Dementia Risk Drops With Shingles Vaccine Recombinant shingles vaccine tied to 164 additional days without dementia diagnosis Jul 25, 2024
IG Live July 19: Measles, Bird Flu, COVID, Oh My! Experts unpack what recent outbreaks mean for public health Jul 18, 2024
Long COVID Risk Has Fallen, Largely Attributable to Vaccine Rollout However, metabolic and gastrointestinal sequelae increased among the unvaccinated Jul 18, 2024
Should U.S. Farmworkers Get Bird Flu Shots? Some Experts Say Yes Opinions remain divided while CDC continues wait-and-see approach Jul 14, 2024
Smartphone App Decreased Distracted Driving and Other Noteworthy Studies This Week This piece is devoted to four exceptional papers in JAMA Network Open Jul 13, 2024
Maternal RSV Vaccine Appears Safe, Real-World Study Finds However, vaccine was associated with modest risk of maternal hypertensive disorders Jul 08, 2024