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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 …

Valerie Brickey went to three pharmacies and her regular pediatrician in late September in an effort to find a Covid-19 vaccine for her 16-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh. Both Brickey and her granddaughter, who live together in a small apartment near Durham, North Carolina, have health problems that make them more vulnerable to severe Covid symptoms. Brickey keeps an eye on Covid …

Parents Struggle to Find Covid Vaccines for Their Children Amid Regulatory Confusion  The New York Times CDC backs updated Covid vaccines as access issues persist: ‘We still don’t have doses in hand’  The Guardian The CDC says people must consult a health professional before COVID shot  NPR CDC recommends coronavirus vaccine with a new caveat. Here’s what to know.  The Washington Post CDC ‘trumps …

The US has officially adopted recommendations for the updated Covid vaccines, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday – paving the way to offer Covid vaccines to more than half of children in the US who were unable to access them while the recommendations were in limbo. Yet the delays, and the announcement itself, compound …

Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is now applying individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination instead of making routine recommendations on use. The CDC also recommended that toddlers receive the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine as a standalone immunization rather than in combination with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination.  “Informed consent is back,” said Acting Director of the …

There’s a “paradox” at work in global health, as the philanthropist Bill Gates wrote last week. Even as funding for global health is declining, the science that supports those efforts is accelerating. And nowhere is that divergence more apparent than in the most important tool in public health: vaccines. Earlier this week Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a public-private partnership …

Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. This illustration is AI-generated. An unexpected idea is emerging in medicine: vaccines may protect not only against infections, but also against dementia. The evidence is strongest for the shingles vaccine. Originally designed to prevent a painful blistering rash caused by shingles (herpes zoster), it may also lower the risk of dementia by as much as 20%. “They’ll …

Future mRNA vaccines may prevent food and seasonal allergies  Penn Today An allergy-free future? mRNA vaccine prevents dangerous reactions in mice exposed to allergens  Medical Xpress New vaccine shows promise in curing deadly allergies, scientists say  Yahoo News Canada A New mRNA Vaccine Has the Potential to Cure Seasonal and Food Allergies  Discover Magazine Future mRNA Vaccines Could Offer Protection Against Food and Seasonal …

By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH About a month ago, the first-ever population cohort study reported increased cancer risks following COVID-19 vaccination. In Italy, nearly 300,000 residents were tracked for 30 months, showing that mRNA shots significantly increased the risk of overall cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, and colorectal cancer. Now, a second—and far larger—population-based cohort study by Kim et al from South Korea has …

Dementia remains one of the world’s most urgent public health challenges. It’s an umbrella term used to describe a range of neurological conditions affecting the brain that worsen over time, and there are currently over 55 million people with dementia worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases of dementia developing each year. The number of people with dementia is growing worldwide …