Vaccines

The top news stories in medicine today.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Johns Hopkins researchers discuss technology as federal health leaders and patients remain skeptical.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

ACIP meeting this week goes on hold as various advocates blast recommendations, judge’s order.

GeoVax CEO David Dodd discusses the Vaccine Integrity Project, conflicting guidance, and strategies for primary care physicians

HHS Secretary Kennedy announces appointments as February regular meeting gets bumped.

The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel canceled its February 2026 meeting after federal officials narrowed the childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s how to keep vaccine conversations steady in the meantime.

FDA to review Moderna’s investigational mRNA influenza vaccine, decision expected in August

Agency cites comparator choice not reflecting best-available standard of care, even though it previously approved the comparator.

A majority of states and Washington, D.C., are following pediatric groups and/or prior or state recommendations instead of new federal childhood vaccine guidance.

Disagreement over vaccine policy prompts a new court case to stop an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting and decision.

New Annenberg data show that many in the U.S. misunderstand CDC’s shared clinical decision-making guidance, leaving it up to physicians to explain the new federal vaccine policy.

The revision preserves insurance coverage for all vaccines but shifts several shots to high-risk or shared decision-making categories as HHS promises new clinical trials.

CDC adopts ACIP recommendation against universal vaccination for newborns of women who test negative.

Walter A. Orenstein, M.D., said vaccines have made some diseases disappear, but that people may not understand how they work

But claims are ‘terrible, terrible distortion’ of facts about shots against diseases, ACIP member argues.

But that may not be an apples-to-apples comparison for a nation without peer, another public health expert said.

Discussion gets into science and balance of public health with personal autonomy.

What the official language from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Vaccines for Children resolution states.

Do parents really know every shot and treatment that happens to newborns?

Deliberations run for hours and vote is to come during two-day meeting.

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices opens third meeting under tenure of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.

ACP President Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACP, continues his discussion on the current state of vaccines and medical misinformation and disinformation.

New polling reveals declining confidence in the CDC after autism-vaccine claims were added to federal guidance, with Americans leaning toward guidance from the American Medical Association when recommendations clash.