March 20th 2025
ACP, medical groups, and Sen. Cassidy challenge the Louisiana Surgeon General’s decision.
Public health experts describe the latest on measles cases in Texas and broader concerns about vaccinations.
March 13th 2025
Weldon has been critical of vaccine safety and efficacy.
March 6th 2025
HELP Committee Senators press Trump’s FDA pick on the cancelled vaccine advisory meeting, mifepristone access, transparency and agency layoffs.
March 5th 2025
Senate HELP Committee has questions for Trump nominee.
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FDA gives nod to first vaccine for RSV
Approval is for use among adults 60 and older
FDA simplifies COVID-19 vaccination schedule
Agency authorizes single-shot bivalent vaccinations, ends authorization for monovalent vaccines
60% of privately insured patients used a preventive service required by the ACA
The provision requiring various preventive coverages is being challenged in court
Walmart sets goal of 28 new health centers with primary care and more
Retail giant expanding into two new states, with additional growth in Texas.
Confronting the childhood vaccination decline
A conversation with AAFP President Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Other countries spend less money to get better health, compared to United States
Steps toward improvement include more access to primary care.
FDA allows emergency use for test to detect COVID-19, flu, RSV
BD says results could be available within two hours.
President Biden announces end to COVID-19 pandemic-related emergency declarations
Abrupt cutoff ‘would create wide-ranging chaos’ in health care, White House says.
22 states contest COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers
Attorneys general file petition to withdraw requirement.
HHS extends COVID-19 public health emergency into 2023
Administration pushes for vaccines and boosters for the fall.
FDA gives nod to COVID boosters for children as young as 5
Agency seeks to reduce exposure risks as in-person schooling resumes
Fewer children than adults getting COVID-19 vaccinations
Study links discrepancy to adults’ misbeliefs about vaccine safety
Cost Associated With Influenza
Jason Lee, M.S., Ph.D.(c), and John J. Russell, M.D., discuss the cost associated with influenza and how vaccination can provide cost savings.
September, October prime time for flu vaccines and COVID-19 boosters
AAFP president discusses endorsement, patient approaches, next round of shots.
Adults Living With Chronic Health Conditions
Drs. Jason Lee and John J. Russell discuss the impact of chronic health conditions on adults.
Influenza and Racial Disparities
Vaccine experts discuss racial disparities and the impact on influenza vaccinations.
AMA publishes new codes for updated COVID-19 vaccines, boosters
Four for adult vaccines effective immediately, four pending approval for youths.
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Gaps in Care
Jason Lee, M.S., Ph.D.(c), and John J. Russell, M.D., address vaccine hesitancy and gaps in influenza vaccines in adults.
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Study Results and Conclusions
Jason Lee, M.S., Ph.D.(c), discusses results and takeaways from the study of a high-dose influenza vaccine in older adults.
Moderna set to sue Pfizer, BioNTech for patent violations in COVID-19 vaccine
Company claims rivals copied proprietary mRNA technology to make shots.
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Study Rationale, Objectives, and Methods
Jason Lee, M.S., Ph.D.(c), discusses the rationale, objectives, and methods for a study of the efficacy and effectiveness of a high-dose influenza vaccine in older adults.
Background to Seasonal Influenza
Jason Lee, M.S., Ph.D.(c), discusses the background to seasonal influenza.
Primary care physicians must listen, educate, vaccinate
Back-to-school season is prime time to reach parents and children about immunizations.
New billing codes for monkeypox testing, vaccines unveiled
Codes enable billing for lab tests, administering vaccines
Realizing a society free of vaccine-preventable diseases
The pandemic underscored the incredible power of vaccination.
Pfizer extending EUA submission for young juvenile COVID-19 vaccine
The move will delay the vaccine’s authorization for this younger group.
Pfizer submits for under age of 5 COVID-19 vaccine EUA
An EUA for the smaller shots would plug a hole in the nation’s vaccination strategy.
FDA approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Spikevax is now the second COVID-19 vaccine approved by US regulators.
Moderna says booster effective against Omicron
The company says a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the latest variant of the disease.
Large portion of hospital personnel still unvaccinated against COVID-19
Nearly a third of hospital personnel had still not been vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-September.