Vaccines

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A young woman wearing a face mask holds sparklers while celebrating New Year's Eve.
Health

The COVID winter wave has arrived. Here’s where it’s spreading during the 2024–25 holiday season

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December 31, 2024
As you dive into your New Year’s resolutions, taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick.
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Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter. Here’s where flu, COVID, RSV, and norovirus are spreading

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December 18, 2024
Trump says he’s a ‘big believer’ in polio vaccine and might pardon NYC Mayor Adams at freewheeling Mar-a-Lago press conference
Politics

Trump says he’s a ‘big believer’ in polio vaccine and might pardon NYC Mayor Adams at freewheeling Mar-a-Lago press conference

By Colleen Long, Jill Colvin and The Associated Press
December 17, 2024
Mitch McConnell says Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of trying to discredit vaccine for polio, a disease he had as a child
Health

Mitch McConnell says Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of trying to discredit vaccine for polio, a disease he had as a child

By Moriah Balingit and The Associated Press
December 16, 2024
The polio vaccine has all but obliterated the illness that once killed thousands and paralyzed 15,000 people nationwide every year.
Health

Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s adviser wants to ban. Here’s how the immunization works

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December 13, 2024
The lawyer who is helping RFK Jr. pick officials for the Trump administration wants the FDA to revoke approval for a polio vaccine
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The lawyer who is helping RFK Jr. pick officials for the Trump administration wants the FDA to revoke approval for a polio vaccine

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December 13, 2024
Modern-day hippie moms have found solace in one Trump appointee: RFK Jr.
Lifestyle

Modern-day hippie moms have found solace in one Trump appointee: RFK Jr.

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December 4, 2024
A twice-yearly shot of this drug could help end AIDS — ‘it’s unprecedented’
Health

A twice-yearly shot of this drug could help end AIDS — ‘it’s unprecedented’

By Maria Cheng, María Verza and The Associated Press
December 2, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.
Politics

Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services, despite his history of skepticism toward vaccines and medicine

By Jill Colvin, Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
November 14, 2024
Donald Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Politics

Donald Trump would push to remove cavity-fighting fluoride from drinking water, RFK Jr. says

By Jonathan J. Cooper and The Associated Press
November 3, 2024
Just 25% of people at high risk of pneumococcal disease—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health conditions such as diabetes—have been immunized, according to an August 2024 survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Health

Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

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October 22, 2024
A woman tends to some sheep
Health

German sheep farmers are describing this virus as the ‘most aggressive’ they’ve seen in over a decade

By Léa Pernelle and AFP
October 21, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.
Health

Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

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October 11, 2024
Getting multiple vaccines at once is not only safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but also just as effective as getting them individually.
Health

Yes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons

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October 8, 2024
As of spring 2024, at which time two RSV vaccines had been FDA-approved, less than 25% of eligible U.S. adults 60 and older had gotten one, according to the CDC.

RSV can be deadly, especially for older adults. What to know about symptoms and the new vaccine

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October 4, 2024

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