Study Finds Aluminum in Vaccines May Raise Asthma Risks

by Natasha Hobley and Barbara Loe Fisher on

Study Finds Aluminum in Vaccines May Raise Asthma Risks

A new federally funded study has found a possible association between aluminum-containing inactivated vaccines injected into children under age two and the risk of developing asthma before age five. Researchers are urging caution in interpretation of the results of the retrospective observational study and say more research is needed to confirm the findings.1 Researchers gathered […]

Quest for Universal Flu Vaccine Boosted by $200M NIH Grant to University of Maryland

by Kate Raines on

Quest for Universal Flu Vaccine Boosted by $200M NIH Grant to University of Maryland

Story Highlights National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Maryland a contract for more than $200 million to develop a universal influenza vaccine. Currently, the influenza vaccine used around the world is developed every year by drug companies based on the “best guesses” made by public health officials at the World Health […]