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Moderna's New Lower-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine, mNexspike, Approved by FDA

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Food and Drug Administration has approved a new lower-dose vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The new vaccine (mNexspike [COVID-19 Vaccine. TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 -- The U.S.

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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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FDA sets COVID vaccine formula as RFK Jr. narrows guidance for shots

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The agency recommends manufacturers update their vaccines to target the JN.1 At the same time, HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is removing guidance that healthy children and pregnant women receive COVID shots.

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FDA sets stricter approval standards for COVID vaccines

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The agency will now require randomized, controlled data before approving new COVID shots for healthy children and adults, Commissioner Martin Makary and top vaccine official Vinay Prasad wrote in NEJM.

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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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