Among the orders issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War was one declaring that all enslaved people in the state were now free, and had “absolute equality.” (AP Video: ...

Of the eight named by Kennedy, perhaps the most experienced in vaccine policy is Meissner, an expert in pediatric infectious ...

Moderna Inc. said it has “voluntarily” withdrawn its application for regulatory approval for its combination Covid and flu shot for people 50 and over, a setback for the company. The biotech ...

The delay was largely expected after Moderna said earlier this month that it does not anticipate approval of the shot until 2026 due to the need for more data on the flu vaccine. Sign up here.

For years, federal health officials have told most Americans to expect annual updates to COVID-19 vaccines, similar to the annual flu shot ... new guidance in draft form and allows the public ...

In fact, the flu shot cannot cause the disease, experts stressed. The flu vaccine contains a harmless form of the virus. “In the inactivated and recombinant [vaccine]—which is what most people ...

An annual flu shot can help prevent the flu or minimize ... Nasal spray flu vaccines contain an attenuated (weakened) form of the live flu virus that has been altered so that it cannot cause ...

Health officials continue to recommend getting the seasonal flu shot to reduce the risk of severe illness from the flu. Vaccines for flu, coronavirus, and RSV are available at local health ...

This includes voting on which flu strains to include on next season's flu shot. According to ABC News, the FDA said in a statement, "A planned March 13 meeting of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related ...

While the basic information about flu ... in the form of a press release about its launch in 2023. In the future, the CDC may be asked to develop vaccination ads that focus on informed consent ...

Kennedy Jr. wanted advertisements that promote the idea of “informed consent” in vaccine decision ... The decision to pull flu shot advertising is an early sign of how RFK Jr. may shift ...

For a second time this season, the flu is surging, with at least 41 states reporting high or very high levels of the virus. Dr. Rabia de Latour, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, told ...