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HHS, NIH Unveil Vaccine Initiative to Protect Against Future Pandemics

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Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called "Generation Gold Standard" to develop next-generation, universal vaccines using a beta-propiolactone.

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Novavax COVID Vaccine Moves Closer to Full FDA Approval

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FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 Novavaxs COVID-19 vaccine could soon receive full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company said Wednesday.The update sent Novavaxs stock up more than 21% in early trading. It also helped ease.

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Bacterial vaccine shows promise as cancer immunotherapy

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Researchers have engineered bacteria as personalized cancer vaccines that activate the immune system to specifically seek out and destroy cancer cells.

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Top FDA Vaccine Official Quits, Warns of Vaccine Misinformation

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MONDAY, March 31, 2025 -- A top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping down, warning that vaccine misinformation is coloring the countrys top health decisions.Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDAs Center for Bi.

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Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia

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TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes. Seniors who got the shingles vaccine when it became available. It also appears to protect older folks from dementia, researchers say.

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Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk

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A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known intervention.

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New mRNA vaccine created to prevent and treat C. difficile

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A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile vaccine was found to protect against C. difficile vaccine was found to protect against C. difficile or C. In animal models, this first mRNA-LNP C.

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