Novavax originally showed its vaccine was safe and effective in a 30,000-person clinical trial. The FDA had been on track to grant Novavax full approval – without restrictions -- by its April 1 target ...

The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions.

Kennedy Jr. plans to remove CDC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women and children. Come the fall, it ...

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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said his agency plans to release a new framework for vaccine approvals in “coming days.” ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has said childhood vaccines are carefully studied in randomized controlled trials — ...

Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but it may slow development.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are recommending a pause in the use of the chikungunya vaccine, called Ixchiq, for adults age 60 and ...

In recent interviews, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has minimized the risk COVID-19 poses to kids ...

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The CDC says every year thousands of kids get hospitalised. A few complications from the flu among children in this age group can include: Also known as the live attenuated influenza vaccine or LAIV, ...

The HHS recognized in its statement that some Americans "may choose not to vaccinate." However, the CDC maintains that the best way to protect against measles is to get the MMR vaccine.