Health & Pandemics

COVID-19 Vaccine Labels Updated With Expanded Warnings About Risk of Heart Inflammation

Federal regulators on June 25 updated labels for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to expand warnings regarding heart inflammation.

CDC Advisers Vote to Recommend Removal of Mercury From Influenza Vaccines

Advisers to the CDC on June 26 advised the agency to stop recommending influenza vaccines containing a mercury-based preservative.
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CDC Says No Link Between Vaccine Preservative and Autism as Advisers Prepare to Meet

Research identifying an increased risk of autism with thimerosal-containing vaccines ‘have significant methodological limitations,’ agency said.

More Fetal Losses Than Expected After Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination in Israel: Study

A higher-than-expected number of miscarriages and other forms of fetal loss were associated with COVID-19 vaccinations in Israel.

Activists Hopeful as CDC Advisers Vote on Thimerosal Removal

Advisers to the CDC are to vote on whether to recommend the CDC act to remove thimerosal from influenza vaccines, raising hopes for advocates wanting to eliminating preservative.

Mawson study using Florida Medicaid data again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US

Mawson study using Florida Medicaid data again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US.

COVID ‘Razor Throat’ Variant Now Found in 15 US States: Here’s What We Know

The COVID-19 variant that has driven a rise in cases in mainland China is now detected in more than a dozen U.S. states.

FDA Approves HIV-Prevention Drug That Nearly Eliminated the Virus’s Spread in Clinical Trials

Gilead Sciences said the FDA approved its shot to prevent HIV, while touting the medication as a “very real opportunity” at ending the HIV epidemic.