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The Vaccine Network for Disease Control (VNDC) has commended the Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, for approving nearly $500 million to strengthen Nigeria’s immunisation programme and primary healthcare system over the next five years. The Chief Executive Officer of VNDC, Chika Offor, gave the commendation in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Ms Offor had earlier joined

Nigeria is facing a dangerous gap in childhood protection against diphtheria, with new research showing that children in poorer states are far less likely to be fully vaccinated, leaving many at risk of a disease that can kill within days if untreated. A nationwide study published in Public Health Challenges found that only 56% of

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He tested robotic hands on a heart surgery patient and chewed on microgreens in Ohio, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. couldn’t dodge questions about the Trump administration’s more controversial policies...

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