Vaccination News

A CDC investigator described how Colorado was able to prevent a measles outbreak after identifying an infected traveler who passed through the Denver airport, a children’s hospital and a community gathering while infectious.

One subcutaneous dose of an experimental monoclonal antibody protected children from infection and clinical malaria during a 6-month malaria season in Mali, according to phase 2 results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The FDA has identified genetic traces of avian influenza virus in pasteurized cow milk samples, but since the pasteurization process is expected to inactivate the viruses, the agency said there is no indication of a threat to human health.

More than half of people expecting a baby said in a survey that they were “very likely” to get vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus during pregnancy, researchers reported.

School entry requirements are associated with increases in HPV vaccine coverage among adolescents in the United States, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

HOUSTON — Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, has been working in vaccine development for more than 40 years.

BOSTON — There are a handful of “novel and important” treatments that primary care providers should be aware of this year, according to a speaker.

The proportion of infants who were vaccinated on time in the United States increased from 2011 to 2021, but did not improve equally among all groups, according to a study.

The FDA will review GSK’s pentavalent meningococcal vaccine candidate for approval, the company announced Tuesday.

Nearly one-third of all measles cases reported in the United States since January 2020 were reported in the first quarter of 2024, raising concerns that the country could lose its measles elimination status, according to CDC researchers.