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Immunology

Skin stretching enables needle-free vaccine delivery in mice

Researchers show that stretching the skin stimulates immune cells and increases the skin's ability to absorb large molecules, including those present in vaccines. In an article published September 17 in Cell Reports, they ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

California's summer COVID wave shows signs of waning: What are the numbers in other communities?

There are some encouraging signs that California's summer COVID wave might be leveling off.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Investigators pave the way for next-generation TB vaccine

Tuberculosis, or TB, an airborne bacterial respiratory infection, is one of humanity's oldest foes and is today the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease, claiming more than 1.2 million lives each year. The ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Rwanda reconsiders malaria vaccines amid surprise surge

After years of progress in reducing malaria cases, Rwanda is confronting a surprising resurgence and signs of treatment resistance that have forced officials to revisit vaccine intervention the country once declined.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo

Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday.

Vaccination

What's going on with the COVID-19 vaccine?

New proposed federal restrictions on who can get COVID-19 vaccinations has caused confusion and worry across the country. Some states, including California, have decided to break away from federal guidelines and create their ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How long will California's COVID surge continue?

The coronavirus has muscled its way back into the headlines in recent weeks amid a summer wave of the illness and growing difficulties in getting the vaccine, as well as efforts by the Trump administration that could make ...

Medical economics

Can you get the updated COVID shot in your state?

Amid confusion at the federal level about access to updated COVID-19 vaccines, several states are taking steps this fall to make sure that residents have broad access to the shots.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Measles cases are in 34 states with North Dakota now the focus

As super-contagious measles continues to spread and nears a six-year U.S. record, cases in its original epicenter of West Texas may be subsiding as hesitant residents become more concerned and willing to vaccinate, while ...

Health

RFK Jr ousts entire US vaccine panel over alleged conflicts

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced he was dismissing all current members of a key federal vaccine advisory panel, accusing them of conflicts of interest—his latest salvo against the nation's immunization ...

Pediatrics

New data show MMR vaccination rate decline across US

A new county-level dataset from Johns Hopkins University researchers reveals a national decline in the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination rate among U.S. children since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Moderna wins narrower US approval for new COVID vaccine

Moderna Inc. gained U.S. approval for a new COVID vaccine for a narrower group of people, in the latest sign that regulators are restricting access to immunizations under the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary ...