1. Dengue antibodies play both hero and villain — and severity may tip the scales Vietnamese pediatric data show that the same antibody surge protecting children from repeat dengue may also be quietly loading the gun...
1. Ad26 vaccine vector immunity: much noise, little signal — and that’s good news In this industry-sponsored pooled analysis by van Rosmalen and colleagues (Johnson & Johnson, Leiden/Beerse), the authors...
In 2025, the US government stopped recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children, prompting insurers to drop coverage and leaving families with vulnerable members at risk. This abrupt change replaced the...
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...
In a recent opinion article published in PLOS Global Public Health, pediatrician-scientist Prof. Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine highlights urgent measures needed to combat the growing momentum of anti-vaccine...
The development of mRNA technology marks one of the most groundbreaking moments in modern medicine. Once relegated to experimental laboratories, it emerged as a beacon of hope during the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling the...
For years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has bluntly stated the truth: “Vaccines do not cause autism,” the agency affirms on its website. Yet, nearly a quarter of Americans still...
A report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) says campaigns to counter vaccine hesitancy need to get more savvy. Nine authors penned Behavioural interventions to reduce vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation on...
While the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, research continues on the role of vaccines — their effectiveness as well as factors that contribute to a resistance to being vaccinated, and the worldwide...
In a recent study published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, a group of researchers assessed Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT)’s ability to address the 50 most common misconceptions about...