Enlarge / Heart scan. reader comments 112 with The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have proven remarkably safe and effective against the deadly pandemic. But, like all medical interventions, they have some risks. One is that a very small number of vaccinated people develop inflammation of and around their heart—conditions called myocarditis, pericarditis, or the combination of ..
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Enlarge / An electron micrograph of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). reader comments 68 with The Food and Drug Administration issued the world’s first approval of a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an achievement that researchers have worked toward for decades after a catastrophic clinical trial in the 1960s. The vaccine, called Arexvy from ..
Enlarge / Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo speaks at a press conference. reader comments 88 with Share this story Florida health officials deleted key data and statistics from a state analysis on the safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, falsely making them appear unsafe for young men, according to draft versions of the analysis obtained by ..
Enlarge / Moderna pharmaceutical and biotechnology company’s CEO Stephane Bancel speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2023. reader comments 160 with Share this story Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel on Monday pushed back on criticism of the company’s plans to raise the price of its mRNA-based ..
reader comments 29 with Share this story Vaccine maker Moderna has forked over $400 million to the National Institutes of Health for using a molecular stabilizing technique borrowed from government and academic researchers in its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine—which the company made roughly $36 billion selling amid the deadly pandemic, according to The New York Times. ..
Enlarge / Transmission electron micrograph of poliovirus type 1. reader comments 67 with 0 posters participating Share this story An eradicated form of wild polio surfaced in routine wastewater monitoring in the Netherlands last year, offering a cautionary tale on the importance of monitoring for the tenacious virus, researchers report this week in the journal ..
Enlarge / Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in March 2021, in Washington, DC. reader comments 159 with 0 posters participating Share this story ..
Enlarge / A container of syringes used to administer COVID-19 vaccine. reader comments 90 with 0 posters participating Share this story A Utah plastic surgeon and three of his associates are facing federal charges for a year-long scheme in which they allegedly squirted around 2,000 vaccine doses down the drain, sold falsified vaccination cards for ..
Enlarge / Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel during a Bloomberg Television interview on the closing day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 26, 2022. reader comments 214 with 0 posters participating Share this story Moderna is considering raising the price of its COVID-19 vaccine by over 400 percent—from $26 per dose to ..
Enlarge / Child with a classic four-day rash from measles. reader comments 118 with 0 posters participating Share this story The measles outbreak in Ohio continues to swell, striking a total of 63 children to date. The tally now includes at least three children who were partially vaccinated against the highly contagious virus and 14 ..