Novartis today announced that it has received approval for the world's first malaria treatment for newborns and young babies, ...

Single doses of 150 milligrams (mg), 300 mg, and 450 mg provided 58%, 61%, and 76% protection from symptomatic flu, ...

Preteens were more likely to get vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) if their parents were given reminder letters ...

Tests have identified Nipah virus in two patients from India’s Kerala state, one of them an 18-year-old woman from Malappuram ...

The recently reconstituted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory panel took its first three votes today, recommending that Americans receive only single-dose flu shots that ...

A new study shows good 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in adults against medically attended COVID-19, especially against critical illness. The study, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open, ...

The percentage of US adults reporting high confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fell from 82% in February 2020 to 56% in June 2022, along with decreasing trust in other ...

Amid dramatic cuts in government support for global childhood immunization efforts, the Gates Foundation said today that it will commit $1.6 billion over the next 5 years to support Gavi, the Vaccine ...

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDH) today reported eight more measles cases, all from Luna County, where officials last week announced an outbreak at a detection facility in Deming. The new ...

jure/iStock More measles cases have been reported in Washington state. Officials in Seattle-King County yesterday reported two measles infections in the same household, a child and an adult who were ...

Bill Gates at Gavi event in 2011. Photo: UK DFID / Flickr cc In the wake of US defunding of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, world leaders this week at the "Health and Prosperity through Immunisation" ...

Older hospitalized COVID-19 patients experienced faster cognitive decline than their uninfected counterparts, suggests a study published today in JAMA Network Open. The multicenter Mayo Clinic–led ...