The most revealing feature of vaccine licensure in 2026 is not a newly targeted pathogen. It is the concentration of innovation around familiar respiratory threats: seasonal influenza and COVID-19. Four notable...
Shigella vaccine breakthrough The live-attenuated oral Shigella sonnei vaccine WRSs2 reported 89% efficacy against shigellosis in a phase 2 controlled human infection trial — the highest protection rate ever recorded...
=1. Mpox joins the mRNA club: BioNTech’s first in-human BNT166a data hint at broad orthopox potential—but neutralizing titers fade fast In this phase 1, first-in-human, open-label dose escalation study, healthy Vaccinia...
Download Infographic Overview Vaccines contain active ingredients (antigens; mRNA) and inactive ingredients such as stabilizers, antimicrobials, inactivating agents, antibiotics, and residues from the production...
Petersen E, Ippolito G, Maeurer M, Ntoumi F, Nachega JB, Hui DS, Zumla A. Protecting the future of vaccine development amidst US funding withdrawal for mRNA vaccine research. Lancet Microbe. Published online August 2025...
The article offers an in-depth examination of the sweeping and controversial changes implemented during Kennedy’s tenure as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, a polarizing figure, has moved to wind down...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has created a concept paper that addresses the need to establish a guideline on the quality aspects of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, emphasizing the number of clinical trial...
A recent study used surveillance data for the entire population of North Carolina to evaluate the durability of protection provided by the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. This large observational...
Drew Weissman’s decades of research helped pave the way for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, but the scientist isn’t resting on his laurels. The University of Pennsylvania immunologist, who on Thursday shared the $3...
The success of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccines may have sped up the timelines for seasonal influenza shots based on having the same platform, but non-emergent conditions may mean a relatively...