Last year was the first year that the US had vaccines available to protect against all three major respiratory viruses — Covid-19, flu and RSV — but vaccine uptake was low for the season.

Here's what to know about the latest vaccines, who needs them and how they help prevent the more serious effects of COVID-19. The FDA granted emergency use authorization last week to an updated ...

Over the years, NPR (and our blog) have reported on the global effort to eliminate cervical cancer with the HPV vaccine introduced in 2007. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a group of over 200 ...

Blantyre District Environmental Health Officer (DEHO), Innocent Mvula has expressed gratitude over Healthy Strengthening Immunisation System Project saying the use of Mother Care groups has ...

Amid an ongoing surge, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2024-2025 respiratory disease season. The new shots, made by Moderna and Pfizer ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for the 2024-2025 season. The updated mRNA vaccines, Comirnaty and Spikevax, were fully ...

Many healthy people have immunity from vaccines and previous infection. This is a KFF Health News story. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an updated COVID-19 shot for everyone 6 ...

As president, Donald Trump championed the development of the coronavirus vaccine that allowed public life to resume amid a pandemic that had killed nearly half a million Americans by early 2021.

That means it’s time for annual vaccine shots. Newly updated COVID-19 vaccines won recent approval from the federal government. Updated flu vaccines are available as well. We interviewed a pair ...

Millions of updated COVID-19 vaccines will soon be available ahead of the flu and fall-winter season. On Thursday, Aug. 22, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use ...

It also explains how to prevent and treat an infection. People age 60 and older can get an RSV vaccine after talking with their doctor to see if it’s right for them. People younger than age 60, ...

In early 2022, I cared for one of the first patients with mpox in Massachusetts. As an infectious diseases physician, I remember the deep uncertainty I felt, and the fear in my patient’s eyes as ...