Get Healthy!

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million in grants and contracts meant to support mRNA vaccine development, the agency announced Tuesday.

The funding had been awarded to 22 research projects managed by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Develo...

FRIDAY, July 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It's official: The controversial preservative thimerosal will be stripped from all flu vaccines distributed in the United States.

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed off on the recommendation from an expert panel that ...

A new antibody shot that protects babies against RSV infection could be struggling to gain traction, researchers report.

Only about a third (35%) of babies eligible for nirsevimab got the injection during the 2023-24 RSV season, researchers reported tod...

A new study of more than 1.2 million people found no link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and long-term health problems, including autism, asthma or autoimmune diseases.

The research, published July 14 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, looked at 50 chronic conditions. 

They included 36 autoi...

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children with medical conditions that put them at higher risk of severe illness.

The move makes Moderna’s vaccine, called Spikeva...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content.

The Children’s Health Defense sued Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. It claimed the comp...

Moderna’s new flu vaccine, based on the same mRNA technology used in its COVID-19 shot, showed promising results in a major trial, the company announced Monday.

The vaccine, called mRNA-1010, was tested in a Phase 3 study in adults aged 50 and older. It worked better than a standard-dose flu va...

The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday.

The decision was made public in a video shared at a Gavi summit in Brussels. In it, ...

A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them any safer.

The vote came from a newly appointed group of people that now make up the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), led by U.S. Hea...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men.

The update expands earlier warnings about myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, The Associated Press reported. ...

The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been soberly and deliberately helping set U.S. vaccination policy for more than 60 years.

During that time, its members have been thoroughly vetted through a grueling nomination process, before they take up the work of protecting the nation against infectious diseases.

All that ended earlier this month, when Health ...

A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist.

The slide, posted online Tuesday, cited a 2008 paper titled "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure: Long-term consequences in the brain," and was sai...

There’s widespread support among Americans for requiring that kids be vaccinated before they can go to school, a new Harvard survey has found.

About 4 in 5 U.S. adults (79%) say parents should be required to have their kids vaccinated against preventable diseases like measles,...

A new shot to prevent HIV infection has just been approved — and it only needs to be taken twice a year.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lenacapavir, a long-acting injection that was shown to be nearly 100% effective in clinical trials.

Made by Gilead Scien...

A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program.

Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), stepped down this week.&n...

Days after ousting all 17 members of the panel that makes U.S. vaccine recommendations, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun remaking it.

On Wednesday, he named eight appointees, three of whom are critics of mRNA coronavirus vaccines, The Washington Post reported.

"All of these individuals ar...

A new injection to prevent HIV is expected to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this month.

If approved, the shot — lenacapavir — would be given twice a year and could be a big step forward in the fight...

Americans planning to travel outside the country should make sure they’re vaccinated against measles — no matter where they’re headed, U.S. health officials say.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance last ...

Declining vaccination rates are making more and more U.S. children vulnerable to measles and mumps, a new study says.

A national decrease in MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) vaccinations among American children has occurred since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, res...

Federal health officials have pulled back a key recommendation that pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine — causing sharp criticism from doctors and other experts.

The ...

The top U.S. health agency will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women.

Tuesday's announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypasses the typical vaccine recommendation process, which includes review by experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Pfizer and Moderna to expand their warning labels on COVID-19 vaccines. 

The updated warnings highlight a rare risk of heart inflammation in teen boys and young men, CBS News reported.

The warning applies to males ages 16 to 25 and is based on new data from FDA safety monitoring and a 2023 study. 

This ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided that only seniors and people at high risk should get the latest COVID-19 booster shots this fall.

The new framework, announced Tuesday, says adults 65 and older, and people with certain health conditions, can still get updated COVID-19 vaccines,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, but only for certain people.

The vaccine is now approved for adults ages 65 and older, or for people ages 12 to 64 who have at least one health condition that puts them at higher risk of serious illness from