WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation’s top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s team unrestricted access to a ...

FILE - Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks testifies during a hearing, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File) ...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has delayed the full approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine. The decision had been expected by April 1 ...

The effectiveness of vaccines as a public health tool relies on their widespread administration to large populations, encompassing both children and adults. This necessitates large-scale vaccine ...

No serious adverse events were considered to be related to the study vaccines. Post-dose 3, the VAX-24 Mid dose met target precedent Phase 2 non-inferiority (NI) criteria on relative ...

Meanwhile, the launch of new-generation innovative products, including the serum-free rabies vaccine, the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine ...

In clinical trials, meningococcal vaccines have been shown to be immunogenic in children and adults, but those vaccinated in infancy show a waning immune response over time. Vaccination with conjugate ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official announced his resignation on Friday, blaming his decision on the “misinformation and lies” perpetuated by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the ...

Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Dr. Peter Marks, one of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top vaccine officials, has resigned. In a resignation letter ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s chief vaccine regulator has been pushed out of the agency, in what could be a troubling sign of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to advance ...

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You can get in touch with James by emailing [email protected] Prominent doctors have spoken out in defense of Peter Marks, one of the top vaccine specialists at the Food and Drug ...