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News Articles: Vaccine

One of Kyo Brown's chickens inside her backyard chicken coop in Decatur. Prohibiting free ranging is just one biosecurity measure that chicken owners and producers are encouraged to take as highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads across the U.S. and across species.

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Chickens could be treated with an oral, probiotic vaccine for bird flu in the future

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded two million dollars to researchers at Georgia Tech to develop an oral avian influenza vaccine for chickens.

May 13, 2026
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By:
  • Chase McGee
Babies under 6 months of age are not able to be vaccinated for COVID, but if their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy, newborns get some immunity, a large new study shows. The benefits wear off, though, at about 5 months of age.

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Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

March 25, 2026
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By:
  • Tara Haelle
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of health and human services in the Oval Office on Feb. 13, 2025.

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RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • Amanda Seitz
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets in Atlanta on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 to consider changes in hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for infants. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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CDC vaccine advisers vote to overturn universal hepatitis B policy for newborns

A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Vials for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2025.

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Measles spreads from Georgia State student to three others

Measles has spread from an unvaccinated Georgia State University student to three other people, bringing the total cases reported in Georgia this year to 10.

September 24, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
Vaccine in the arm

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Can you get a COVID shot? Here's your fall vaccine guide

Many people across the United States are wondering if they will be able to get vaccinated at all, particularly against COVID, after changes to vaccine guidance by the Trump administration.

September 03, 2025
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By:
  • Laura Santhanam
FILE - A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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  • Health

New COVID shots arriving in pharmacies. Why you may need a prescription — for now

As Georgia COVID rates rise, people who want to get the latest vaccine as it hits pharmacy shelves over the coming weeks will likely face a new hitch: They’ll need a doctor’s prescription, at least for now. 

September 02, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
Susan Monarez, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meets with employees and members of the media at CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

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CDC Director Susan Monarez vows to restore trust in agency after shooting, latest layoffs

Newly appointed director Susan Monarez voiced support for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers in a media event on Thursday, nearly two weeks after a shooting at the agency’s Atlanta headquarters. Monarez said restoring Americans’ trust in the CDC and educating people about the work the scientists, researchers, and others do for public health is a top priority. 

August 22, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta.

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Emory University contract part of the Trump administration’s recent vaccine research ‘wind-down’

A research project at Emory University is among the 22 grants and contracts that are being cancelled as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services begins a “coordinated wind-down” of research studying mRNA vaccine technology.

August 08, 2025
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  • Maya Homan and
  • Georgia Recorder

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  • Health Care

Safe food, water. Less chronic disease. Affordable care. These are Georgians' priorities, poll says

The top three trusted sources for public health information are health care providers, doctors and nurses, and scientific research, according to a new poll from Gallup and Emory University.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge and
  • Sofi Gratas
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, was on Capitol Hill in early January to meet with senators.

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RFK Jr. appears on his way to being Trump's health secretary after a party-line vote

RFK Jr.'s nomination cleared the Senate Finance Committee by a 14-13 party line vote.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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Warnock questions RFK Jr.'s commitment to reducing health care costs in Georgia

Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will be voting no on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He says the candidate is manifestly unqualified for the job.

January 31, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He faced more tough questions in his second confirmation hearing, held Thursday before the Senate HELP Committee.

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  • Health

RFK Jr., Trump's pick for HHS, grilled about vaccines again in Day 2 hearing

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wanted "gold standard science" on vaccines, but when presented with compelling research, he cited reasons to doubt it.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin,
  • and 1 more
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, pictured at HHS headquarters last year, led the Public Health Corps during the Biden administration. Her official portrait was changed during the government shutdown to her previous name.

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Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her

Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.

January 06, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A mobile medical station in New York City makes it convenient to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. In the U.S., only 1 in 5 eligible individuals has rolled up their sleeve for this latest vaccine version.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when?

If you haven't rolled up your sleeve for the jab, you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. Here's why doctors think the shot is important.

December 06, 2024
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  • Fran Kritz
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