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WHO releases recommended composition of 2018-2019 influenza virus vaccines for use in the northern hemisphere

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The World Health Organization (WHO) convenes technical consultations in February and September each year to recommend viruses for inclusion in influenza vaccines for the northern and southern hemisphere...

Flu Vaccine Act introduced by Sen. Edward Markey: For the creation of a universal influenza vaccine

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Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday introduced the Flu Vaccine Act, legislation to conduct or support comprehensive research for the creation of a universal influenza vaccine that could be administered...

Measles vaccine: Study shows all-cause mortality is significantly lower when it’s a child’s most recent immunization

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In the largest study to date on children in a low/middle income country, new research in Ghana finds that the timing of a measles vaccine in an overall vaccination schedule can have a profound impact on...

Chickenpox vaccine linked with shingles at the vaccination site in some children

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New research in Pediatric Dermatology reports several cases of shingles that developed at the original vaccination site in healthy children after they were immunized against chicken pox. Most of these...

Investigational smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE, has successful Phase 3 clinical trial

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Officials from Bavarian Nordic yesterday announced the results of a successful Phase 3 clinical trial led by USAMRIID that demonstrated the safety and efficacy of the company’s investigational, non-replicating...

HyperRAB, rabies immune globulin, receives FDA approval

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Grifols, a leading global producer of plasma-derived medicines and provider of a variety of postexposure prophylaxis and immune globulin products for patients, has received approval from the U.S. Food...

Vaccines prevent not only diseases but also impoverishment: Study

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Vaccines have enormous impact not just on health, but on keeping people out of poverty, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They estimated that increased...

People with strong beliefs in conspiracies were most likely to hold antivaccination attitudes: Study

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People who believe Princess Diana was murdered or that John F. Kennedy’s assassination was an elaborate plot are more likely to think that vaccines are unsafe, despite scientific evidence to the...

Shingrix vaccine now offered at Albertsons pharmacies

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A new and more effective herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine, Shingrix®, is now available in all Albertsons Companies pharmacies across the United States. Shingrix® was recently approved by the FDA and...

Zika vaccine candidate receives FDA Fast Track designation: Takeda announces

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to TAK-426, Takeda’s purified, inactivated, alum-adjuvanted,...