Vaccination – Vaccines – The Vaccine Reaction

Louisiana Bans State Funded Promotion of COVID-19, Influenza and Mpox Vaccines

by Rishma Parpia

December 29, 2024 8 Comments

In December 2024, Louisiana’s Department of Health issued a directive barring public health workers from promoting COVID-19, influenza, or mpox vaccines. This ...

Novel mRNA Lyme Shots Could Be Released in 2025

by Amber Baker

August 7, 2023 7 Comments

Novel mRNA Lyme Shots Could Be Released in 2025

Two novel messenger RNA (mRNA) shots for Lyme disease currently in late-stage clinical trials could hit the market as early ...

3D Printed Vaccine Skin Patches Being Developed

by Carolyn Hendler, JD

May 29, 2023 No Comments

3D Printed Vaccine Skin Patches Being Developed

In an attempt to increase consumer demand for COVID-19 shots, researchers have designed a vaccine printer that can print COVID ...

U.S. to Spend Billions on New COVID Vaccines Despite Failure to Prevent Infection

by Amber Baker

April 23, 2023 8 Comments

The Biden administration announced earlier this month that the U.S. government will spend at least $5 billion on Project NextGen ...

Pharma Developing Bird Flu Vaccine for Humans As Animals Get Sick

by Rishma Parpia

March 28, 2023 5 Comments

Pharmaceutical companies GSK (formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline), Moderna and CSL Seqirus announced that they are developing and ready to test ...

Group B Strep Vaccine for Pregnant Women on Fast Track for FDA Approval

by Natasha Hobley

December 12, 2022 8 Comments

Pfizer is conducting phase 2 trials for the development of a vaccine that will target pregnant women to prevent newborns ...

Moderna, Novavax Developing Combined Single-Dose COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine

by Rishma Parpia

September 27, 2021 6 Comments

American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., which partnered with the U.S. National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ...