Vaccination News

Alzamend Neuro has submitted an investigational new drug application to the FDA for its Alzheimer’s immunotherapeutic product, ALZN002, according to a company press release.

Although the general understanding of long COVID has improved in the past year, many questions about the persistent sequelae experienced by some people after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection remain, according to experts.

Hybrid immunity from prior omicron infection and at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine provided the highest protection from omicron infection, according to data recently published in The Lancet.

A recent study found that women who received any type of COVID-19 vaccination had a short-term increase in menstrual cycle length, according to a press release from NIH.

Pregnant people who received messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines were protected against COVID-19-related ED and urgent care visits and hospitalization when the delta and omicron variants were predominant, according to a case-control study.

Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have asked the FDA to authorize bivalent omicron COVID-19 booster vaccines for children.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced a state disaster emergency due to poliovirus detected in the wastewater samples of several counties in the state, as well as New York City.

President Joe Biden on Sunday told “60 Minutes” that the COVID-19 pandemic “is over,” saying the worst was likely behind us, but experts questioned if that is the right message for Americans — and whether it is true.

The CDC on Thursday launched a monkeypox vaccine equity pilot program to reach more of the populations that are most at risk for infection.

The CDC said Tuesday that the United States has joined a list of around 30 countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.