UKHSA is continuing to recommend the 4CMenB vaccine in the national gonorrhea vaccination program for gay and bisexual men, despite recent trial data showing no benefit and ongoing scientific debate over its effectiveness.
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A new study of over 1.1 million Californians found people vaccinated against flu in 2024-25 were 40 percent less likely to test positive. Those 65 and older who tested positive were 29 percent less likely to die of a flu-related cause.
ACOG has released its own immunization schedule for pregnancy, recommending COVID 19, RSV, flu, and Tdap vaccines for all pregnant people, based on rigorous safety and efficacy review and endorsed by 13 medical groups.
Getting vaccinated for RSV during pregnancy cut infant hospitalizations by nearly 70 percent, according to a new real-world study. Strong protection, even in high-risk pregnancies.
President Trump says kids get “too many” vaccines. Paul Offit explains why counting shots misses the point. Today’s schedule uses fewer immunologic components to prevent more diseases and has sharply reduced meningitis, hospitalizations, and deaths.
To keep out the flesh-eating screwworm, Washington halted Mexican cattle imports a year ago. Now the first U.S. case in 60 years has appeared in Texas, beef prices are at record highs, and a 70-year-old feedlot is on the brink of closure.
Anti-vax dating apps are moving offline, hosting in-person mixers while measles, whooping cough, and TB are rising in the US. Vaccine-preventable diseases still kill. This WIRED piece is worth your time.