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Shingrix shortage: Is Schumer linking it to the shutdown?

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Earlier this week, Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer of New York made a statement concerning the shortage of the popular shingles vaccine, Shingrix and seemed to link it to the current government...

Valneva announces new contract with DOD to supply Japanese encephalitis vaccine

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Biotech company, Valneva announced today the signing of a new $59 million contract with the U.S. government Department of Defense for the supply of its Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine IXIARO® . Valneva’s...

Adacel, Tdap vaccine, receives FDA approval for expanded use

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of Adacel® (Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine Adsorbed) to include repeat vaccination...

San Antonio: Flu activity up, Metro Health giving away free flu vaccine

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San Antonio flu activity is on the rise and the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) wants to help by giving away free flu vaccine. Currently, after a slow start, Metro Health is seeing...

Why does there continue to be resistance to vaccines? Ever heard of hysteresis?

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Why is it so challenging to increase the number of people who get vaccinated? How does popular resistance to vaccination remain strong even as preventable diseases make a comeback? A new study from Dartmouth...

Novavax Announces Positive Phase 2 NanoFlu Results in Older Adults

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Novavax, Inc. announced recently of top-line results of its Phase 2 clinical trial of NanoFlu™. The trial compared the safety and immune responses of various quadrivalent formulations of NanoFlu, with...

Vaccines: Valneva announces positive Phase 1 interim results for Chikungunya vaccine candidate

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Just weeks after announcing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Fast Track designation for VLA1553, their Chikungunya vaccine candidate, Valneva announced today positive Phase 1 interim...

Six disease combo vaccine, VAXELIS, receives FDA nod

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Global health care company, Sanofi, announced Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the pediatric hexavalent combination vaccine, VAXELIS™ . VAXELIS was developed as part...

Chikungunya vaccine candidate receives FDA Fast Track Designation

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In a follow-up on Valneva’s Chikungunya vaccine candidate, the France based biotech company announced Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation...

Zika vaccine: Nebraska researchers say potential vaccine would defend against Zika virus without producing antibodies

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers may have identified a vaccine that would defend against Zika virus without producing antibodies. Researcher Eric Weaver described the finding as exciting and...