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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 …

For decades, the American public, the federal government, and the medical community have been nearly unanimous: Vaccines are important because they save lives. Today, after years of escalating attacks, that consensus has irrevocably shattered. The rupture has centered around, what else, the Covid vaccines. Yesterday, a British cardiologist allied with US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Daily …

Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it was terminating $500 million in mRNA vaccine research and shifting its focus to other approaches, including a previously announced “whole-virus” vaccine platform dubbed “Generation Gold Standard.” “Generation Gold Standard is a paradigm shift,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said in a news release in May touting …

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. It makes sense to approach some marketing efforts with skepticism. Scams, artificial intelligence and deceptive social media posts are common, with people you don’t know seeking to profit from your behavior. But should people extend this same skepticism to pediatricians who advise vaccines for children? Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said …

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from current US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations this week. “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently removed its recommendation that pregnant and lactating individuals receive updated COVID-19 vaccines, ACOG’s …

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Vaccines Respiratory viruses Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from current US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations this week. “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …

More than four years ago, President Donald Trump heralded the arrival of safe and effective messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for COVID-19. He called them “a monumental national achievement” and “one of the greatest miracles in the history of modern-day medicine.”  The mRNA platform enabled scientists to begin work on a vaccine within days of the publication of COVID-19’s genetic sequence. …

The next advances in defeating cancer may come from a surprising place – our own natural defence mechanisms Cancer, one of the most feared of all medical conditions, is often seen as an unstoppable force. But in fact, the opposite is true. It is common for our bodies to successfully eradicate early cancers without us even noticing. By middle age, …

article fILE – Dental floss (Photo by: Universal Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) If you have a fear of needles, you may be in luck. A recent study, which administered vaccines via dental floss, is showing early promise, according to researchers in North Carolina.  No more jabs? The backstory: Earlier studies have shown the mouth is an effective place …