Regulatory, policy, and manufacturer news WHO influenza vaccine composition: WHO issued its recommendations for the 2026–2027 Northern Hemisphere seasonal influenza vaccine composition on 26 February 2026, including the...
As the world reaches the midpoint of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), immunization programs find themselves at an inflection point.1 The initial focus on recovering from pandemic-era backsliding is giving way to a...
What is EUVABECO? The EUVABECO project — short for European Vaccination Beyond COVID-19 — is a major initiative funded under the EU4Health programme, aiming to translate lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into durable...
Evidence from leading journals since 2021 consistently documents both pronounced vaccine inequity between countries and substantial within‑country access gaps, especially for COVID‑19 but also for routine childhood...
In the last days, there have been notable developments in COVID‑19 vaccine formulations, WHO prequalification, and – as reported before – politically driven schedule changes in the US. Very recent product...
In short: Classic vaccines have picked most of the low-hanging fruit: stable-antigen pathogens tamed by robust neutralizing antibodies, leaving the real fun to TB, HIV and other shape-shifters that demand sophisticated...
Pakistan: Nationwide HPV Rollout Pakistan launched a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign targeting girls aged 9–14. With support from Gavi, UNICEF, and WHO, the program aims to reach 13 million...
This population-based, exposure-matched cohort study assessed the incidence of medically attended adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection in over one million pregnant and non-pregnant...
On May 21, 2025, Moderna, announced a significant update regarding its flu/COVID combination vaccine candidate, mRNA-1083. In consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Moderna has voluntarily...
As the northern hemisphere prepares for the 2025/26 respiratory virus season, both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), as well as the World Health Organization (WHO)...