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A vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is likely months away from human trials, and there is no guarantee it would work, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. There are currently no approved vaccines for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. There are two

Robert Malone, an ideological ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee following a court ruling that effectively nullified the panel. Malone was one of several picks by Kennedy in a controversial reworking of the entire Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

March 19, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm For years, ACIP has advised U.S. vaccine policy. But after changes to its membership made by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., were challenged in court, the Trump administration is apparently mulling changing tack By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner Photo by

NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox. The exact questions to be voted on Thursday and Friday in Atlanta are unclear. Officials at the Department of Health and Human

WASHINGTON: The US government has terminated 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, raising questions about the safety and effectiveness of a technology widely credited with curbing the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision, announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reflects growing skepticism within the administration regarding mRNA vaccines. “We reviewed the science, listened to the

Home / World AFP 17 Jun, 2025 12:55 AM 2 mins to read Robert F. Kennedy jnr dismissed all 17 members of a key advisory committee last week. Photo / Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy jnr dismissed all 17 members of a key advisory committee last week. Photo / Getty Images Vaccination experts recently fired

World Health Organisation Building/Internet The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its first-ever position paper on immunisation products to protect infants against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), a leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children globally. WHO said RSV causes approximately 100,000 deaths and over 3.6 million hospitalisations in children under 5 years worldwide

The Food and Drug Administration plans major changes for how Covid vaccines are rolled out and who will be able to get the updated shots this fall. In a paper published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the FDA commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, and Dr. Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s new vaccine chief, wrote