In a chaotic meeting, ACIP voted not to recommend a prescription requirement for Covid-19 vaccines. Some panelists seemed unaware of the point of the meeting, while others went on strange tangents.
The vaccine advisory group ACIP, not all members of which seemed to know what the group does, recommended to the CDC that combined MMRV shots not be given before age 4.
This deadly bacteria, which hits low-income people the hardest, was once an “only in New York” problem. Extreme heat is now increasing its prevalence.
According to state health officials, a measles outbreak that started in an undervaccinated community and killed two children is now over.
According to state health officials, a measles outbreak that started in an undervaccinated community and killed two children is now over.
HHS is slashing hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccines and infectious disease treatments, but leaving the door open to mRNA therapies for cancer and genetic conditions.
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine.
The disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in the country this year, with the virus continuing to spread rapidly.
The US almost lost its measles elimination status once. Lessons from that episode suggest it will be more difficult to avoid doing so now.
Clinical trials have shown that six-monthly injections of lenacapavir are almost 100 percent protective against becoming infected with HIV. But big questions remain over the drug’s affordability.
