vaccines

Forty-two families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children.

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus.

The only HIV vaccine in a late-stage trial has failed, researchers announced Wednesday, dealing a significant blow to the effort to control the global HIV epidemic and adding to a decadeslong roster of failed attempts.

Even before he was carried off the field, posts amassing millions of views began circulating online claiming without evidence that complications from COVID-19 vaccines caused his health emergency.

A team of researchers from the University of Houston said that they have created a potential fentanyl vaccine, according to a new study. See what they found and how it works.

New York City declared a local state of emergency in response to the ballooning monkeypox outbreak on Monday, with Mayor Eric Adams signing the latest in a series of executive orders as efforts intensify to stem the tide. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. As of Monday, New York City has reported 1,472 monkeypox cases, a widely believed well-underreported number…

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease.

Top U.S. health officials say the country’s monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped despite rising case numbers and limited vaccine supplies.

After isolating for five days with mild COVID-19 symptoms, President Joe Biden said he was “feeling great” and credited vaccines, boosters and therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid for his swift recovery.

Polio is the state of paralysis caused by the highly contagious poliovirus. Here’s what you need to know to protect your family.

The CDC has recommended the Novavax COVID-10 vaccine for adults ages 18 and up, providing more options and flexibility for the public.

Some researchers think it’s time to add another common side effect to the list: temporary menstrual changes.

About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diphtheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted regular health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines, according to the U.N.

Dr. Jody Terra Nova from the American Academy of Pediatrics explains.

Nearly a quarter of American adults still haven’t gotten their primary vaccinations even this late in the pandemic, and experts expect at least some of them to roll up their sleeves for a more conventional option — a protein-based vaccine.

Thomas cited the claims in a dissent to the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a challenge by health care workers who opposed New York’s vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

Elmo, the beloved Muppet, is the latest to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines because regular shots don’t provide them enough protection, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday.

Authorities are investigating the spread of poliovirus found in London sewage samples.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.