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Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. Who Do Americans Trust to Help Them Make Important Vaccine Decisions? A New HealthDay/Harris Poll
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, of the Yale School of Medicine talks with Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, of the Baylor School of Medicine about the rise in vaccine refusal and the backlash against scientists.
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Novavax COVID Vaccine Moves Closer to Full FDA Approval
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 25, 2025
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FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine could soon receive full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company said Wednesday.
The update sent Novavax’s stock up more than 21% in early trading. It als...
Vaccine Panel Urges More Protection Against RSV, Meningitis and Chikungunya
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 17, 2025
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THURSDAY, April 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A panel of federal health experts on Wednesday recommended expanded vaccine options for several diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus
Medical Mistrust Could Be Harming Hep A Vaccination Rates Among Gay, Bisexual Men
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 17, 2025
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Hepatitis A vaccinations could be lagging among men who have sex with men due to a mistrust of medicine, particularly among racial and ethnic minority groups, a new study says.
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CDC Urges Extra Measles Shot For Some U.S. Travelers Amid Outbreak
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 11, 2025
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FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends extra measles protection for ...
Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 2, 2025
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The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes.
It also appears to protect older folks from dem...
Experts Concerned as NIH Axes Critical Vaccine Study Funds
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- April 1, 2025
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Hundreds of U.S. research projects aimed at boosting vaccine confidence have been shut down -- just as preventable diseases like measles and
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Local Outbreaks Can Motivate The Vaccine-Hesitant, Poll Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 31, 2025
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COVID-19 and influenza burned through the U.S. during this year’s cold and flu season, and deadly measles outbreaks have sickened people in 19 states.
So what does it take to ...
Top FDA Vaccine Official Quits, Warns of Vaccine Misinformation
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- March 31, 2025
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A top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping down, warning that vaccine misinformation is coloring the country’s top health decisions.
Dr. Peter Marks, dir...
Kennedy Orders Takedown of Fake CDC Vaccine Web Page
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- March 24, 2025
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A fake web page designed to look like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine safety site has been taken down on orders from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The site...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Downplays Measles Vaccine as Cases Surge
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- March 13, 2025
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A growing measles outbreak has led to 222 reported cases across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma in 2025, with health officials urging more people to get vaccinated.
During an interview with Fox News
NIH Cuts Funding for Studies on Vaccine Hesitancy and Acceptance
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- March 11, 2025
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is cutting or canceling more than 40 grants focused on vaccine hesitancy and ways to increase vaccine acceptance, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
CDC To Study Vaccines and Autism, Despite Much Research Showing No Link
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- March 10, 2025
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is preparing to study whether vaccines are linked to autism -- despite overwhelming scientific evidence showing no connection.
The study request came from Trump administration officials, according to sources famil...
Paxlovid May Offer Little Benefit for Vaccinated Older Adults
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- March 6, 2025
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THURSDAY, March 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The antiviral drug Paxlovid may not offer much protection against COVID-related hospitalizations or deaths for vaccinated older adults after all.
Many Americans Unaware Of Links Between HPV And Cancers
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 4, 2025
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Many Americans remain unaware of the cancer risk for both men and women posed by human papillomavirus (HPV), a new Ohio State University poll has found.
Second Flu Vaccine Meeting Canceled -- What Happens Next?
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 27, 2025
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A federal vaccine advisory panel work session focused on next year's flu shot has been canceled without explanation.
It is the second vaccine advisory meeting that has been canceled or postponed since
Lost Your Vaccine Records? Here’s How to Track Them Down
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 24, 2025
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With measles cases on the rise and flu season straining the nation's hospitals, health experts urge adults to check their vaccination status and get any missing shots.
Health expe...
Vaccine Shows Promise for Pancreatic Cancer, Study Finds
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- February 21, 2025
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Adding a personalized mRNA vaccine to standard treatment could offer new hope for pancreatic cancer patients, a small yet promising study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
The study followed 16 patients, including Barbara Brigham, who joined the trial after a ...
This Flu Season Is Worst In A Decade
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 21, 2025
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The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade.
So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the flu -- the most since the 2015-2016 season, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
COVID-19 Remains Major Health Threat in U.S.
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 29, 2025
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COVID-19 continues to be a threat to America’s health, causing more illness and death than either influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a new study suggests.
COVID a...
COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Reducing Childhood Vaccinations
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 24, 2025
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Hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine is leading some parents to skip important vaccinations for their children.
Young children of parents who declined the COVID vaccine are about 25% less likely to get the standard measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine, researchers reported...
Controlling Infections Might Lower Dementia Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 23, 2025
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Preventing or treating infections could be a key means of warding off dementia, a new evidence review says.
Vaccines, antibiotics, antiviral medications and anti-in...
Moderna Receives $590M From HHS To Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- January 21, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.
This funding, announced Friday by Moderna, builds on the $176 million it received from HHS
Let's Address Tomorrow's Antivax Arguments Today: Pediatrics Expert
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 8, 2025
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Public health officials must prepare to counter ongoing anti-vaccine sentiment in coming years, argues a leading pediatrician-scientist.
“Antivaccine activism became a major lethal force in America” during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an estimated 200,...
Blood Test May Help Predict How Long Immunity Lasts
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 7, 2025
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It’s long been a mystery why folks need a flu vaccine every year, even though immunizations they got in childhood continue to protect them from measles and mumps.
Rese...
U.S. Whooping Cough Cases Surge
- Denise Maher HealthDay Reporter
- January 6, 2025
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Rates of whooping cough in the U.S. continue to climb, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Over 32,000 cases reported have been reported as of mid-December -- about six times more than there were at this time last year, and more than there ha...
Has RSV Vaccine Hesitancy Subsided?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 27, 2024
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More Americans believe in the effectiveness of vaccines developed to protect newborns and seniors against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
More than half of U.S. adults (52%) think th...
Flu Cases Start to Surge as Americans Prepare for Holiday Gatherings
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- December 23, 2024
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Predictably, flu season is in full swing, with cases surging across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Friday in a report.
Thirteen ...
Who's Most Likely to Get the Mpox Shot in U.S.?
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 13, 2024
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When an outbreak of mpox first hit the United States in 2022, a vaccine called Jynneos was available to help protect the most vulnerable population, gay and bisexual men.
Now, there's new data showing which individuals in the LGBTQ+ community were most likely to get vac...
Only a Third of U.S. Kids Have Gotten Flu Shots
- India Edwards HealthDay Reporter
- December 12, 2024
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Despite a record number of American children dying from the flu last year, the percentage of kids getting their flu shots keeps falling.
Group of Nobel Laureates Press Senate to Reject Kennedy's Nomination
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 10, 2024
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Robert Kennedy Jr. should not be confirmed to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over 75 Nobel laureates urged Monday.
Trump Says RFK Jr. Free to Revisit Discredited Autism/Vaccine Link
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 9, 2024
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If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is approved to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, he will be free to revisit a long-debunked link between autism and childhood vaccines, President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday.
The remarks came during an exclusive interview ...
Everything You Need to Know About Shingles & the Shingles Vaccine
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- December 8, 2024
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Shingles can strike anyone who had chickenpox when they were young, and the intense pain that can accompany this body rash has sidelined many a senior.
Here, one expert explains how and why shingles can surface, and what you can do to treat it, or better yet, avoid it.
Cervical Cancer Deaths Fell Dramatically After Advent of HPV Vaccine
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 2, 2024
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A new study provides good evidence that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may be achieving its goal of slashing rates of cervical cancer.
“We observed a … 62% drop in cervical cancer deaths over the last decade, likely due to HPV vaccination,” sai...
Twice-Yearly Injection 96% Effective in Preventing HIV Infection
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 28, 2024
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People whose partners have HIV must remember to take antiretroviral pills every single day or risk infection themselves.
But researchers have come up with a way to avoid that dai...
Falling Vaccination Rates Brings Spikes in Measles Worldwide
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 million people struck by the preventable illness in 2023, health officials reported Wednesday.
"Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases," of what was once...
Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Early Promise in Mice
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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An experimental vaccine has shown promise in protecting against the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia, researchers report.
Lab mice give...
Stop Worrying So Much About Holiday Weight Gain, Experts Say
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2024
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Florida resident Joshua Walker isn’t concerned his health will take a hit from all the cakes, pies, cookies and candy that will tempt him during holiday gatherings.
That’s because he’s armed with a solid diet and exercise routine that will allow for a l...
Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lead Health & Human Services
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 14, 2024
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In a move guaranteed to alarm many, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal opponent of vaccines and other tenets of mainstream health care, to head the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The department encompasses ...
COVID Vaccine Mistrust Levels Aren't Budging, Study Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 6, 2024
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More than a third of Americans continue to express mistrust in the science behind COVID vaccines, a new study finds.
This level of mistrust has remained relatively consistent, expr...
CDC Says Some People May Need Extra Dose of COVID Vaccine
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- October 25, 2024
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Some Americans should get more than one shot of the updated COVID vaccines because their age or certain health conditions make them more vulnerable to severe infections, U.S. health officials advised this week.
Six months after their first shot, people 65 and older and t...
CDC Lowers Age for First Pneumococcal Vaccine to 50
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 24, 2024
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The recommended first age at which Americans should get the pneumococcal vaccine has been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
"Lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination gives more adults the opportunity to p...
Real-World Study Confirms RSV Vaccine's Protective Power for Seniors
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- October 18, 2024
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A global real-world study of the vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) finds it offers folks aged 60 and over 80% protection against severe illness and/or hospitalization.
With U.S. vaccination rates falling, "I encourage older adults to follow CDC guidance and g...
The Right Time is Now to Get Your Flu Vaccine
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 17, 2024
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Folks who want solid protection during the cold and flu season should get the influenza vaccine now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
The ideal time to get the flu vacc...
Poll Finds Public Fears Over RSV Have Eased, Although It Remains a Threat
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 16, 2024
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Public concerns about contracting RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have significantly declined during the past year, a new survey shows.
About 1 in 4 people (26%) are now worried that ...
Mpox Vaccine's Protection Wanes Within 1 Year; Boosters Needed
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- October 4, 2024
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Antibodies provided by mpox vaccination all but disappear within six to 12 months, new research finds, underscoring the need for boosters to maintain strong protection.
This Season's Flu Vaccine Cuts Risk of Hospitalization by Almost 35%
- HealthDay Reporter
- October 3, 2024
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THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 2024, HealthDay News -- The Southern Hemisphere's flu season is winding down, and new data shows this year's flu shot was 34.5% ...
Record Rate of U.S. Kindergartners Failed to Get Recommended Vaccines
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- October 3, 2024
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In yet another sign that childhood vaccinations can't be taken for granted, new government data shows that a record number of kindergartners were exempted from the required shots during the last school year.
That leaves more than 125,000 new students without the protect...
Most Americans Won't Get Vaccinated as Flu, COVID Season Looms: Survey
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 25, 2024
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Most Americans don’t plan to get vaccinated against the flu or COVID-19 this season, a new survey has found.
Fewer than two in five U.S. adults (38%) say they will definitel...
FDA Approves First Flu Vaccine You Give Yourself at Home
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 20, 2024
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The days of waiting for a flu shot at your doctor's office or local pharmacy may be over: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved FluMist nasal spray as the first influenza vaccine that can be self-administered at home.
It's a "new option for receiving a...
Expert Advice on Preparing for the Fall COVID, Flu Season
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 16, 2024
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People should prepare for the fall cold and flu season by getting the updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations, an infectious diseases expert says.
“When my patients ask me...