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The pneumococcal vaccine is offered to those most at risk, including babies and adults aged 65 and over. Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus and leads to a painful rash ...

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) is encouraging those aged 65 and over to get their shingles and pneumococcal vaccines when offered, echoing the ongoing campaign by the NHS and ...

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) is encouraging those aged 65 and over to get their shingles and pneumococcal vaccines when offered, echoing the ongoing campaign by the NHS and ...

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 federal government had yanked funding, she learned, and her position — supporting vaccination efforts for uninsured children through a network of more than 60 providers — was gone.

Frequently reported local and systemic reactions were generally mild to moderate, resolving within several days of vaccination, with no meaningful differences observed across the cohorts.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hiring a researcher to study the widely debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. And that person is reportedly one of the chief disseminators of ...

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 ...

Kennedy in the past has spread anti-vaccine misinformation, but said during his Senate confirmation hearings that he would not undermine vaccines. AP “RFK Jr.’s firing of Peter Marks because ...

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 ...