Experimental Vaccine to Prevent Fentanyl Overdose Enters Human Trials
An experimental “anti-fentanyl” vaccine developed by ARMR Sciences, Inc. of New York and the University of Houston has entered Phase 1/2 human trials, according to a June 17 press release issued by the company. The vaccine candidate has spent years in development and vaccine developers say it represents a potential intervention in America’s ongoing overdose […]
U.S. Government Accused of Hiding Deadly E. Coli Outbreak
A deadly E. coli outbreak reportedly linked to food was kept hidden by the U.S. government health agencies according to a new lawsuit. The California legal case alleges that a November 2024 E. coli outbreak sickened 89 people in 15 states.1 One person died while 36 others were hospitalized, including a nine-year-old boy who suffered […]
WHO Names 17 Pathogens as Top Priorities for Global Vaccine Development
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study published in eBioMedicine last week highlights 17 viral and bacterial pathogens that are major sources of endemic disease around the world and that WHO officials believe should be urgently prioritized for vaccine development. The study marks the WHO’s first global effort to systematically prioritize endemic pathogens with epidemic […]
African Swine Fever Vaccines Co-Developed by USDA Approved for Commercial Use in Pigs in Vietnam
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved commercial use of the first two African swine fever vaccines for pigs. The first vaccine is known as NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine in Vietnam and United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the second is called AVAC ASF LIVE, […]
Vaccines Rely on Horseshoe Crab’s Blue Blood for Purity
Every spring, 500,000 Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs are collected by four biopharmaceutical companies as they crawl to the mid-Atlantic beaches to lay their eggs. The helmet-shaped arthropods are placed upside down on a rack, and a sterile needle is inserted near the heart to collect about 30 percent of their blood.1 2 The crabs are returned […]
Is a Bill Requiring Your Children to Get Every CDC Recommended Vaccination Coming to Your State?
As vaccine-related bills are being introduced into state legislatures this month, a bill (HB1090) has been proposed in the Virginia legislature to require school children to receive every dose of all current and future vaccines added to the recommended childhood vaccine schedule by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) appointed by the U.S. Centers […]