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News Articles: vaccines

Pediatrician Brittany Lord, left, talks with Mahogany Brown about her infant son Memphis Exum’s health before a standard round of vaccinations during a recent visit in Lord’s practice in the town of Eastman.

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  • Children's Health

One conversation at a time, pediatricians hope to prevent the spread of infectious diseases

Rural health care providers are often the first, and sometimes only, line of information for parents with questions about their child's health care, including concerns over vaccines.

April 02, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Senator Angela Alsobrook, a Democrat from Maryland questioned RFK Jr.'s suggestion that Black people should be on a different vaccine schedule than white people.

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  • Health

Senator calls RFK Jr.'s position on race and vaccines dangerous

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
The Department of Health and Human Services is a powerful force in shaping both domestic and global health. The confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., commences on January 29.

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  • Global Health

If confirmed as HHS secretary, RFK Jr. would have a vast global reach

As confirmation hearings begin for RFK Jr. nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, many are focused on domestic agenda. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Simar Bajaj

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  • News

Former CDC director Tom Frieden says Kennedy poses a 'risk' to the Atlanta-based health agency

If confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have greater control over the Atlanta-based CDC. But just how much?

December 03, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Routine childhood vaccination rates have been dropping across the U.S. and vaccine-preventable childhood diseases have been rising.

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  • Children's Health

What happens when a vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask Florida

Among the names being floated to head the Department of Health and Human Services are RFK Jr. and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Both are vaccine skeptics, which worries pediatricians.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Syrian medics launched a vaccination campaign in the northwestern Idlib province in early 2023. Such campaigns depend on the global cholera vaccine stockpile, which is currently empty.

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  • Global Health

How did the world run so low on cholera vaccine? As outbreaks grow, stockpile runs dry

With cholera on the rise around the world, the global vaccine stockpile is running dry. New doses go right to active outbreaks, with none left for prevention campaigns. Can vaccine makers catch up?

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
New COVID-19 vaccines received the backing of a panel of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. The shots will be available across the country later this week.

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  • Health

CDC advisers back broad rollout of new COVID boosters

A panel of doctors and scientists advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that people 6 months of age and older get new COVID boosters this fall.

September 12, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Hensley and
  • Rob Stein
A COVID booster is administered in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it wiser to get a booster now or wait for the new fall booster?

Maybe it's not a full-blown summer surge but COVID numbers are ticking up. For those with concerns due to personal risk factors or the start of the school year, the booster question is top of mind.

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Fran Kritz
People queue for a free malaria test in Lagos, Nigeria. The country has one of the highest national death tolls from the mosquito-borne disease. A new vaccine offers hope. But logistics could prevent it from reaching the arms of those who are eligible.

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  • Opinion

New malaria vaccine offers a ray of hope to Nigeria. There's just one thing ...

The country's toll makes up nearly a third of the world's 619,000 malaria deaths each year. Now Nigeria has approved a new vaccine. Will it get into the arms of those who need it most?

July 12, 2023
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By:
  • Tolani Yesufu
A gull picks up a discarded protective face mask from the shoreline in the marina on August 11, 2020 in Dover, England.

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  • Global Health

Are masks for the birds? We field reader queries about this new stage of the pandemic

The official emergency is over but COVID is still here. And that means ... lots of questions. We asked our readers what's on their mind and then called on experts for advice.

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Fran Kritz and
  • Marc Silver
A sign for monkeypox vaccinations is shown at a vaccination site in Miami Beach, Fla.

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  • Health

The CDC is worried about a mpox rebound and urges people to get vaccinated

A cluster of mpox cases in the Chicago area has sparked fears of a summer wave. Health officials are pointing to new research showing the vaccine is effective and hoping people take notice.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Shana Alesi administers a COVID-19 booster vaccine to Marine Corps veteran Bill Fatz at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Ill., in 2021. A new round of boosters could become available for some people this spring.

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  • Health

The FDA may soon authorize a spring round of COVID-19 boosters for some people

The Food and Drug Administration appears poised to make available the COVID-19 vaccines that target omicron as a second booster for people with weak immune systems and those ages 65 and older.

March 29, 2023
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Dr. Firdausi Qadri has been engaged in a decades-long battle against a microbial foe — the bacterium that causes cholera.

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  • Global Health

Where this doctor finds hope amid her country's record cholera outbreak

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera's scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

March 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Darine Al-Ahmar (left), who directs a primary care health center in Douris, Lebanon, and Josette Najjar, with the Lebanese branch of the Mérieux Foundation, have seen the number of cholera cases rise around their region.

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  • Global Health

Amid vaccine shortages, Lebanon faces its first cholera outbreak in three decades

Several crises in the country — including political instability, COVID and financial collapse — have created deteriorating conditions that have allowed the bacteria to spread.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Afrigen Biologics staff members in the company's lab in Cape Town, South Africa. Afrigen is working on a project to figure out how to manufacture the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine — part of an effort to address global health inequities.

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  • Global Health

African scientists say Western aid to fight pandemic is backfiring. Here's their plan

Monkeypox is the latest case of how global health inequities persist. Vaccines went to the rich world while Africa lacks access. African scientists call for a bold plan to protect against pathogens.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Simar Bajaj
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