Tag: Immunizations
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Kennedy’s vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F
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Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo
The World Health Organization says vaccination has begun for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers in southern Kasai province
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Michael Hiltzik: Scientists always strive to be apolitical, but they can’t keep politics out of their labs
There’s a scene in the movie “Oppenheimer” in which Ernest Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron and head of his own lab at UC Berkeley, reacts angrily when he discovers his friend J. Robert Oppenheimer trying to recruit lab assistants to a communist-linked campus labor union. It’s one of the few scenes in this largely…
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Ebola vaccine reaches the epicenter of Congo’s outbreak as officials race to contain the disease
The World Health Organization said limited access and scarce funds are a challenge in its response to the Ebola outbreak in southern Congo
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States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation
The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina have signed orders intended to make COVID-19 vaccines available in pharmacies for people without individual prescriptions
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Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia
Australia has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia
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RFK Jr.’s latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report calls for more scrutiny of vaccines and autism
The Trump administration is urging public health agencies to prioritize investigations of vaccine injuries, prescription drug use and autism’s causes
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Operation Warp Speed: America at its best | Vince Bzdek
Everyone just called him “the major.” He was the Department of Defense official in charge of the Operation Warp Speed team assigned to Moderna, one of the companies working at breakneck speed on a vaccine. The major was tasked with keeping Moderna’s efforts on track, the logistics guy to their science guys. Work on the…