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Cardiac Deaths Have Increased 17 Percent in Years Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cardiac Deaths Have Increased 17 Percent in Years Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

A new population-based study conducted by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Mass General Brigham has found that cardiac deaths have increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many occurring in homes rather than hospitals. Published May 30, 2025 in JAMA Network Open, the study offers one of the most comprehensive analyses to date examining […]

Clinical Trials Now Required for Annual COVID Shots Given to Healthy Adults

Clinical Trials Now Required for Annual COVID Shots Given to Healthy Adults

On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that new clinical trials will be required to approve annual COVID-19 booster shots for healthy adults under age 65. In a joint editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, FDA commissioner Marty Makary, MD and the director of the FDA’s Center […]

FDA Approves MenQuadfi Meningococcal Vaccine for Six-Week-Old Infants

FDA Approves MenQuadfi Meningococcal Vaccine for Six-Week-Old Infants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has licensed Sanofi’ SA’s four-valent MenQuadfi meningococcal vaccine for use in infants aged six weeks to 23 months old to prevent invasive meningococcal disease. Previously approved for children aged two and older, MenQuadfi is now the first meningococcal vaccine included on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]

Meningitis B Vaccine to Be Used for Gonorrhea in England

Meningitis B Vaccine to Be Used for Gonorrhea in England

In August 2025, England will become the first country to offer a vaccine for gonorrhea after cases exceed 85,000 in 2023—the highest gonorrhea levels since recordkeeping began in 1918. The program, offered through the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), will repurpose the meningitis B vaccine, routinely given to infants, in an attempt to reduce […]

FDA, CDC Halt Use of Chikungunya Vaccine in Adults 60+ After Two Deaths Reported

FDA, CDC Halt Use of Chikungunya Vaccine in Adults 60+ After Two Deaths Reported

On May 9, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a temporary pause in the use of Ixchiq, a live virus vaccine designed to prevent chikungunya virus infection, in adults aged 60 years and older. The recommendation follows reports of serious post-marketing adverse […]

Flu Shot Recipients “More Likely” to Get Influenza Than Unvaccinated

Flu Shot Recipients “More Likely” to Get Influenza Than Unvaccinated

The American Medical Association (AMA) cites that the influenza vaccine is estimated to be 40-60 percent effective at preventing serious infections or death from the influenza virus that affects up to 40 million Americans every year. However, for the 2024-2025 flu “season” the influenza vaccine not only missed the mark on effectiveness, but is linked […]

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