Last week CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) held a meeting to discuss changes to the vaccination policies for chickenpox, COVID-19, and Hepatitis B.
Over the last week, two new reports were published on COVID-19 and influenza vaccination trends and comparisons for the 2024-2025 season. Of note from a
Four years ago, on Monday, March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since then, illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths
There have been a number of reports of increased incidences of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis (BP)) in the U.S., with clinical cases having risen throughout the
Ironically enough, Fall’s falling temperatures, leaves, and potential snow brings a rise in respiratory diseases, with an expectation that this year will bring another rise
Respiratory viruses tend to spread at heightened rates in the fall and winter, peaking from December to February. Thus, fall vaccination against the viruses is
The FDA has approved new, updated COVID-19 vaccines, which have been formulated to more closely target current variants and provide better protection against severe consequences.
Fall is just around the corner, which generally means an uptick in infectious respiratory diseases, including (yes, again) COVID. One particularly acute example of this
While the global nature of the food industry has great benefits, it also causes a number of challenges, in this case, the transmission of infectious
Based on the current and expected evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) is advising vaccine manufacturers to update