FDA Expands the Market for Gardasil Vaccine Use
Story Highlights Merck’s new Gardasil 9 human papillomavirus vaccine has now been approved for use in men and women to…
Mass HPV Vaccination Plan for the U.S.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has set an aggressive goal to achieve an 80 percent uptake rate among American children…
Vote & Vax Pushes Flu Shots at Election Day Polling Stations
In a stepped up effort to promote vaccination against influenza during the 2018-2019 “flu season,” the non-profit organization SPARC (Sickness…
CDC Advisory Committee Flip Flops on FluMist
On June, 22, 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended…
FDA Approves Four-Strain Flu Vaccine for Children
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently expanded the age indication for Seqirus’ Afluria Quadrivalent influenza vaccine to include…
Expanding Vaccination Rates by Allowing More People to Give Them
In 2009, public health officials in the United States responded to a predicted “heavy flu season” by passing a regulation…
FDA Gives Green Light to Test Lyme Disease Vaccine on Humans
Clinical trials for a new Lyme disease vaccine will be conducted in the U.S. and Belgium after the U.S. Food…
Fauci Says Zika Vaccine Coming by 2018
Director of the National Institutes for Health Anthony Fauci, MD announced this week that a Zika vaccine could be rushed…
Theory Used to Force Vaccination of Children is Not Always True
There is increasing pressure to force vaccinations on children, and increasing marketing of vaccines for adults, including pneumonia and shingles.…
Pertussis Microbe Outsmarts the Vaccines as Experts Argue About Why (Part II)
When there are a lot of people with silent asymptomatic pertussis infections, it is impossible to know who is a…