Vaccine

Is your COVID shot effective against the new variant? Here’s what to know

The nickname “Cicada” reflects how the variant seemed to reemerge after a long lull.

Signs advertising flu vaccinations are displayed in a pharmacy window, as hospitalisations rise, with Britain and other European countries grappling with a severe flu season and health authorities warning of increasing cases driven by a mutated strain of the virus, in London, Britain, December 2025.
Cases of the measles rise in Israel.

Michigan announces measles outbreak after three linked cases reported

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019

US judge blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy overhaul, halts changes to child shot schedule

The first dog to get a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine.

Engineer crafts custom dog cancer vaccine with ChatGPT; Rosie’s tumors shrink 75%


Viral infection in children with chickenpox can reappear after dormancy for years or even decades

A new, effective vaccine is available from the four health funds to the elderly and immunocompromised against shingles.

A rash from herpes zoster [Illustrative].

Man diagnosed with monkeypox, months after last case in Israel

After several months of no cases in Israel, a man in his 50s has been diagnosed with monkeypox.

 Mock-up vials labeled "Monkeypox vaccine" and medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken, May 25, 2022.

US FDA panel weighs makeup of next COVID vaccine

The next-generation shots should select a single XBB-related target, the FDA's staff reviewers suggested.

 Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are pictured in a General practitioners practice in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2021.

France confirms bird flu vaccination after favorable tests

"These favorable results provided sufficient guarantees to launch a vaccination campaign as early as autumn 2023," the farm ministry wrote on its website.

Ducklings are seen inside a poultry farm in Castelnau-Tursan, France, January 24, 2023

Is COVID over? A requiem for the coronavirus pandemic

For many people, the arbitrary nature of the pandemic, with tough rules one day about things like masks, and then rules discarded the next, has left an imprint.

 IN NOVEMBER 2021, Israel moved to vaccinate children over age five (Illustrative).

3D printed microneedle patches can help bring vaccines to the masses

The researchers decided to work with a novel type of vaccine delivery based on patches about the size of a thumbnail that contain hundreds of microneedles.

 Vaccination

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says

In 52 of the 55 countries surveyed, the public perception of vaccines for children declined between 2019 and 2021.

 A boy receives polio vaccine drops at a clinic in Kiev, Ukraine, October 21, 2015.

Moderna cancer vaccine with Merck's Keytruda delays return of deadly skin cancer

The results add data details to partial findings released by the companies in December.

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What's behind the recent Moderna cancer ‘vaccine’ announcement?

World-renowned Hebrew University cancer researcher urges caution about claimed ‘breakthrough’ and terminology.

A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020

Arbutus files patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer/BioNTech over COVID shots

The lawsuit by Arbutus and Genevant says Pfizer/BioNTech engaged in licensing discussions for the technology but they did not "result in a settlement."

 People pose with syringe with needle in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken.