FDA says it will limit access to Covid-19 boosters for Americans under 65 Critics say shift will negatively affect people who are not high risk but want to be vaccinated against the disease The Guardian - US · May 20, 2025
COVID vaccines are only approved for elderly and a few others as RFK continues to reshape how Americans fight disease Americans over the age of 65 and other select groups will be approved for the vaccine The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
US Limits Covid Boosters To Over-65s Or Those At High Risk The United States will limit Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at risk of serious illness, while requiring vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots to younger and healthier individuals, officials said Tuesday. International Business Times · May 20, 2025
Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
A ‘groundbreaking’ pandemic agreement for tackling disease outbreaks has been agreed. What does it mean? ANALYSIS: Negotiations to ensure richer countries share vaccines and drugs with poorer countries during health emergencies had threatened to derail negotiations, writes Rachel Schraer The Independent UK · May 20, 2025
Moderna Is the Largest of Barchart’s Bottom 100 Stocks to Buy—But Size Alone Isn’t a Reason to Invest Moderna is the largest market cap in Barchart’s Bottom 100 Stocks to Buy. On Monday, the vaccine maker moved seven spots to the 86th position. You don’t want to make this list if you are the CEO. Here’s why. Barchart · May 20, 2025
Vaccine maker’s £1bn UK investment to create ‘hundreds of high-skilled jobs’ BioNTech developed mRNA vaccines, and cancer immunotherapies notably used to tackle Covid-19. Evening Standard · May 20, 2025
2-in-1 COVID-flu vaccine looks promising in trial — but experts say approval may be delayed Late-stage trial data suggest that a new COVID-flu vaccine offers good protection against both infections, but experts expect the shot's approval may be delayed. LiveScience · May 19, 2025
RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway Health agencies working under Robert F The Independent UK · May 19, 2025
The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive Last week the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The Conversation · May 19, 2025
RFK Jr’s FDA limits use of Covid vaccine Vaccine expert says health secretary wants to ‘make vaccines less available, more expensive, and more feared’ The Independent UK · May 18, 2025
Junk science, vaccine refusers and the return of smallpox: what worries one of Australia’s top epidemiologists More than five years into the Covid pandemic, Guardian Australia asks Raina MacIntyre: what’s the next big threat to public health, and are we up to the challenge? The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2025
Meet Dr. Casey Means: A wellness influencer, vaccine skeptic, and Trump’s pick for surgeon general Vaccine skeptic has embraced RFK Jr’s ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda The Independent UK · May 18, 2025
Dramatic dip in baby hospitalizations for RSV linked to vaccine and treatment But older children, who had no access to the shots, had higher rates this winter compared with last The Guardian - US · May 18, 2025
The Independent UK · May 18, 2025 FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions The Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions
The Texas Tribune · May 16, 2025 Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds of bills cut off by House deadline Some measures that made it through before midnight dealt with jail bonds, an unconstitutional ban on gay sex, and the liability of vaccine manufacturers.
The Independent UK · May 15, 2025 FDA set to change requirements to get vaccines approved as RFK Jr continues to push skepticism about their use New FDA framework on changes coronavirus vaccine approval will be released “in the coming days,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said Thursday.
The Independent UK · May 14, 2025 RFK Jr visibly startled by protesters amid angry confrontations over cuts and vaccines at health hearing Health secretary pushes back against Democrats who grilled him on his comments about vaccines amid a measles outbreak
The Guardian - US · May 14, 2025 RFK Jr tells Congress ‘people shouldn’t take medical advice from me’ Health secretary demurs on questions about vaccine stance and defends Republican plans to cut healthcare
The Independent UK · May 14, 2025 RFK Jr. admits he would ‘probably’ still give his children the measles vaccine despite failing to endorse the shot The former environmental lawyer previously led an anti-vaccine advocacy group
Radio France Internationale · May 14, 2025 European court delivers blow to EU Commission over Von der Leyen-Pfizer texts The European Court of Justice has upheld a transparency challenge over undisclosed text messages between EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer’s CEO during the Covid-19 vaccine negotiations.
Euronews · May 14, 2025 How the love story between von der Leyen and Pfizer turned sour From making her Europe’s vaccine saviour to becoming a skeleton in her closet: All the ebbs and flows in the love story between Ursula von der Leyen and big pharma Pfizer.
The Guardian - US · May 14, 2025 Critic of Covid boosters set to enact tough agenda as top US vaccines official Vinay Prasad, outspoken critic of pharmaceutical industry and of his peers in public health, to take over CBER
International Business Times · May 14, 2025 Judgment Day In EU Chief's Covid Vaccine Texts Case A top court is to rule Wednesday on whether the EU failed the transparency test by declining to release text messages sent by Ursula von der Leyen to the head of Pfizer as the bloc tried to secure Covid vaccines.
The Independent UK · May 12, 2025 US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine The U.S. government is advising that international travelers age 60 and older not get a chikungunya vaccine as it investigates possible side effects