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Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination for the 2025–26 Season Routine annual influenza vaccination of all persons aged ≥6 months who do not have a contraindication to vaccination continues to be recommended. Information on timing, selection, administration, and contraindications and precautions follows. Timing of Vaccination For most persons who require only 1 dose of influenza vaccine for the season, vaccination should ideally …

Acne has long been dismissed as an unfortunate cosmetic issue — a rite of passage that is ultimately of little importance. But that attitude is changing. Many scientists now accept that acne is an attention-worthy condition. Roughly 80% of adolescents worldwide experience acne, which can persist into later adulthood. Because the onset of acne can coincide with the stage of …

CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States  The New York Times Source link

Getting the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of a heart attack or stroke by as much as 20%, according to the first study of its kind. Shingles is a common condition affecting millions worldwide that causes a painful rash and can lead to serious problems such as deafness, long-lasting pain and blindness. It is more likely to cause serious …

New federal guidance surrounding COVID vaccine authorization could make it more difficult for many people to be inoculated against the circulating — and, now, seasonally spiking — coronavirus. Under the approval for the updated COVID-19 vaccines that was issued Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration, adults younger than 65 who are otherwise healthy would need to consult with a …

FWACC warns cat owners of highly contagious disease, encourages vaccines  WANE 15 Source link

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated Covid boosters, but removed emergency use authorizations for the vaccines, in a set of moves that could make the shots more difficult to obtain for children under 5, in particular. The moves were announced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, in a post …

FDA limits approval for new coronavirus vaccines to high risk people  The Washington Post F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions  The New York Times RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots  Axios The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits  NPR Pfizer and BioNTech’s COMIRNATY® Receives U.S. FDA Approval for Adults 65 and Older and Individuals Ages 5 through 64 …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory group has long had a work group in place to review the latest COVID-19 vaccine science, including weighing the risks and benefits, but a newly constituted group will launch a sweeping new review of the vaccines led by a member who has opposed COVID vaccines. The Brownstone Institute on August …

US health secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr has called for the retraction of a Danish study that found no link between aluminium in vaccines and chronic diseases in children — a rare move for a US public official. Aluminium has been used for almost a century to enhance the immune system’s response to some vaccines. But some …