Dental Floss Tested as a New Route for Vaccine Administration
In a 2025 study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers reported that applying floss laced with vaccine components such as proteins and inactive viruses along the gum lines of mice triggered an immune response.1 The goal is to use dental floss to vaccinate large numbers of people during a pandemic. The researchers found that “Floss-based […]
Parents in Michigan Delaying Childhood Vaccination Due to Safety Concerns
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), in partnership with Michigan based I Vaccinate campaign, conducted a statewide survey in spring 2025 of parents with children under the age of six. The survey found that while most Michigan parents keep their children up to date on routine vaccinations, those who fall behind are […]
U.S. Withdraws Financial Support from Pharma’s Arm GAVI
The U.S. government has withdrawn a $1.2 billion pledge to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) originally made by the Biden administration. GAVI, which is officially known as Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, is a public-private multilateral funding partnership launched in 2000 by the pharmaceutical industry, governments and private institutions and philanthropic organizations to […]
ACIP Majority Ignores Risks and Recommends Infants Get Merck’s RSV Monoclonal Antibody
On June 25, 2025, the majority of members of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ignored risk warnings and voted for a recommendation that infants be given Merck & Co.’s monoclonal antibody, clesrovimab, marketed as Enflonsia. The committee advised using Enflonsia to prevent Respiratory Syncytial Virus […]
Massachusetts School District Will Exclude Unvaccinated Students This Fall
Newton Public Schools in Newton, Massachusetts will now require all students to be vaccinated before returning to school in the fall of 2025 unless they have a valid medical or religious exemption to vaccination. Superintendent Anna Nolin announced the policy change after a review prompted by a recent increase in chickenpox cases across the district. […]
FDA Approves Yeztugo as Injectable Product to Prevent HIV in Adults and Adolescents
Last week, Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Yeztugo (lenacapavir), the company’s injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Yeztugo is not labeled a “vaccine” but is a pharmaceutical product intended to reduce the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) via sexual activity […]