New Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Developed by South Korean Company
South Korean biotechnology company Optipharm is developing vaccines to reduce the country’s reliance on imported biological products. The company is also researching the use of genetically modified pig organs for human transplantation. The two projects use different technologies and target different problems. Optipharm is developing vaccines using virus-like particles, or VLPs, while its transplant research […]
Splitting Up the Combination Vaccines
President Trump announced on Sept. 18, 2026 that his administration plans to recommend that certain childhood vaccines be split up into separate shots. The policy proposal is apparently a follow-up to an Executive Order the President signed on Aug. 10 that calls for recommending the number of diseases for which children should be vaccinated be […]
Ninth Circuit Court Revives Oregon Nurse’s COVID Shot Religious Exemption Claim
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a religious discrimination lawsuit filed against PeaceHealth by a registered nurse who was placed on indefinite unpaid leave for refusing the COVID-19 shot.1 The Court of Appeals ruled that the district court was required to read the nurse’s written religious exemption letter before concluding her […]
NIH to Launch Research Center on Vaccine Injuries
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will launch a clinical research program and dedicated center to study individuals who were harmed by vaccines, including COVID-19 shots. Officials at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) discussed establishing the research center at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, with the program potentially beginning […]
As Families Seek Alternatives to Vaccine Schedules, Some Pediatricians Stop Accepting Unvaccinated Children
Some parents across the Washington, DC, Virginia, and Maryland (DMV) area are looking for new pediatricians after medical practices asked them to leave because of their children’s vaccination status. Pediatric practices in the region have different policies, with some requiring children to follow recommended vaccination schedules while others take a more flexible approach.1 The issue […]
Healthy Volunteers in Canada Paid to Be Infected With Influenza in Government-Funded Research
A new study registered with ClinicalTrials.gov is deliberately exposing healthy adults to a live influenza A(H3N2) virus in Canada. Health Canada’s Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate has approved the H3N2 challenge strain for use in humans specifically for the purposes of the study. The study is not evaluating a vaccine or other biologic, rather it’s […]