President Biden said Friday he plans to request additional funding from Congress for the development of a new COVID-19 vaccine, adding he may require everyone to take it, regardless of if they previously received a vaccine or not. Biden, who is vacationing
Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) expects to commercially launch its dengue fever vaccine by early 2026, a top executive said, as the race to develop the country’s first such vaccine heats up. Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, has over the last few
People can choose which arm they’d like to use for doses of the COVID vaccine — and now a new study suggests one arm may have a better immune-boosting effect than the other. The research, which was recently published in the journal
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine for pregnant women to prevent RSV in infants, the agency announced on Monday. Abrysvo has been approved as a maternal vaccine to prevent lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in babies from
England’s former deputy chief medical officer has accepted a position with biotechnology firm Moderna. Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, 59, one of the many faces of the Government’s Covid response, has become a part-time consultant for the vaccine giant that helped pioneer the live-saving
Vietnam will export two million vaccine doses against African swine fever to the Philippines by October, the government said on Wednesday, one week after it approved domestic use of the world’s first commercial vaccines against the disease. African swine fever has for
French animal health group Ceva has withdrawn a legal challenge over a tender to supply France with a bird flu vaccine in which Ceva lost out to German company Boehringer Ingelheim. France chose Boehringer Ingelheim to supply 80 million doses of bird
Professional Dominican basketball player Óscar Cabrera Adames died this week after an apparent heart attack while he was possibly undergoing a stress test. According to a social media post from Dominican sports commentator Héctor Gómez, the 28-year-old’s stress test was being performed
Joe Rogan has challenged a vaccine scientist to debate US Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jnr on his Spotify podcast. The comedian and UFC presenter offered to pay $100,000 to the charity of the scientist’s choice if he agrees. Rogan issued the invitation to Prof Peter
The New York State Department of Health said it will repeal the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all workers at regulated health care facilities, which was imposed by the state. In a statement posted to the agency’s website, the Department of Health announced