Cancer Treatments Using mRNA Technology Targeted as COVID Shots Sales Decline
BioNTech SE and Moderna, Inc., two leading pharmaceutical companies that developed the mRNA COVID-19 biological, are facing new financial and regulatory challenges as demand for COVID booster shots continues to fall and U.S. health policy changes reshape the vaccine market.1 Moderna cut its 2025 sales forecast to between $1.5 billion and $2.2 billion, down as […]
FDA Questions Safety of Giving Multiple Vaccines at Once
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is re-evaluating the long-standing federal vaccine use policy that allows multiple vaccines to be given during the same visit—particularly COVID-19, influenza and RSV shots. In a memo last month, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), wrote that the agency […]
DHHS Investigating Risks of Getting COVID Shots During Pregnancy
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is compiling case examples of reported harm related to receiving COVID-19 shots during pregnancy, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal in early September.1 Health officials plan to eventually publicly release the information they are compiling on the potential relationship between COVID shots and […]
CDC Committee No Longer Recommends MMRV Vaccine for Children Under Four
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met on Sept. 18-19, 2025 to review recommendations on childhood vaccines, including the combined live virus measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) shot, marketed under the brand name ProQuad®. In a notable shift, the panel voted not to recommend the […]
Nine States Unite in Northeast to Challenge CDC’s New Vaccine Use Recommendations
In response to recent changes made to vaccine use recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nine northeastern states and New York City have formally established the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a regional partnership they say is intended to improve coordination of […]
FDA to Release Report on Child Deaths After COVID Shots
On Sept. 4, 2025, the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Marty Makary, MD, announced the agency will release a detailed report investigating deaths among children following receipt of COVID-19 shots.1 2 Dr. Makary stated that officials have begun carrying out an “intensive investigation” into reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event […]