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Covid Vaccines in First Trimester Not Tied to Birth Defects, Study Finds  The New York Times Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects  CIDRAP First-Trimester COVID Vaccination Not Linked to Major Birth Defects  MedPage Today Source link

It’s that time of year when the leaves are turning golden, there’s a chill in the air and the threat of respiratory viruses like Covid-19, influenza or RSV looms across the country. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects the 2025-26 fall and winter respiratory disease season to have a similar number of peak hospitalizations due to Covid-19, …

GEORGIA – After multiple reports of rabies in metro Atlanta this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking action to stop the spread at its source. Rabies vaccines airdrop What we know: Despite the ongoing government shutdown, the USDA will move forward with plans to drop oral rabies vaccines across parts of North Georgia using helicopters and airplanes. …

People are rushing to their local pharmacy or doctor’s office this month to get their COVID and flu vaccines. Those over 65 are also probably considering the shingles, RSV, and pneumonia vaccines. But what a lot of these health-conscious folks may not realize is that their vaccine diligence could also be helping them stave off cognitive decline. That’s because several …

As has been the case each year since 2022, updated COVID-19 vaccines were released leading into the fall season, and the shots should be broadly available to people age 6 months and up. For the first time, however, the vaccines are not approved for all age groups, and the vaccines are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

As the autumn’s cool weather settles in, so does flu season – bringing with it the familiar experiences of sniffles, fever and cough. Every year, influenza – the flu – affects millions of people. Most will experience the infection as a mild to moderate illness – but for some, it can be severe, potentially resulting in hospitalization and even death. …

An October meeting of a key federal vaccine advisory committee has been canceled without explanation, sparing the evidence-based childhood vaccination schedule from more erosion—at least for now. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was planning to meet on October 22 and 23, which would have been the committee’s fourth meeting this …

President Donald Trump made numerous false claims during a Cabinet meeting Thursday at the White House – many of them about vaccines. He wrongly asserted that babies are given 82 vaccines in a single shot (not even close to true). He wrongly asserted that babies are given vaccine doses the size of two glasses of water (a standard dose is …

The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is undergoing more scrutiny by the Trump administration in their ongoing reassessment of vaccines despite the worst measles outbreak in decades. Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), called on Monday …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outside the White House on Sept. 9. A new poll finds a deep partisan divide with Republicans trusting Kennedy as much as their own doctor, but he is unpopular among Democrats and Independents. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images What people believe about health increasingly depends on how they feel …