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Ronnakorn Triraganon/iStock An annual study published this week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases reveals the heavy burden and considerable costs of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in adults aged 75 years and older and high-risk people 65 to 74 years old in France. Researchers at Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere and RSV vaccine manufacturer Moderna in Paris parsed data on RSV hospitalizations, including stays …

Facebook Tweet Email Link As a group of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets to make recommendations on who should get the updated Covid-19 shot this season, a newly published analysis from dozens of researchers emphasizes the “substantial” benefits of broad vaccine recommendations. The US Food and Drug Administration has already made significant changes to …

Top former officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) accused Robert F Kennedy Jr of hobbling the country’s ability to respond to outbreaks and disease threats. The two officials testified at a hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Help (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) committee. Susan Monarez, the CDC director chosen by Kennedy, was fired after …

Amid growing concern about Americans’ access to vaccines, the country’s biggest health insurance association said its member plans will continue to cover all shots recommended by a federal advisory committee prior to any changes by its new slate of appointees. America’s Health Insurance Plans’ announcement comes just ahead of the first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ 12 …

A 3D illustration of the inside of the human body showing a liver with cirrhosis, with permanent advanced scarring caused by hepatitis B. (Shutterstock) HEPATITIS B IS A HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, blood-borne disease that’s been called a “silent killer” because it can become chronic without presenting symptoms for many years—until, one day, it leads to cirrhosis or liver cancer or both. …

California’s late summer COVID surge is showing signs of peaking, but the state’s war with the Trump administration over vaccines is just beginning. Coronavirus levels in California’s wastewater remain “very high,” according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as they are in much of the country. But some other COVID-19 indicators are starting to fall in the …

City health officials warned of a potential measles exposure in Manhattan this weekend after two New Yorkers tested positive for the virus, but said the risk to the public remained extremely low. The cases were identified in the Lower East Side and SoHo, prompting the health department to reach out to businesses in the area where the patients had visited …

The World Wants More Vaccines. An Anti-Vaccine America Isn’t Helping.  The New York Times Natural selection, artificial selection, and now political selection: Vaccine rejectionism is altering the course of evolution, and not in a good way  Genetic Literacy Project Source link

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to …

Dr. Rana Alissa was caring for sick infants at the hospital where she works when she received a call from a colleague with “bad news.” Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, her colleague said, announced that Florida would become the first state in the country to make school vaccinations optional. Specifically, vaccines for diseases such as hepatitis B, chickenpox, Hib, influenza, …