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Moderna says mRNA flu vaccine sailed through trial, beating standard shot
Compared to the standard shot, the mRNA vaccine had an overall vaccine efficacy that was 26.6 percent higher, and 27.4 ...
Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel's votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news ...
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Moderna’s New Flu Shot Shows Strong Results in Older Adults
An mRNA-based flu vaccine has the potential advantage to more precisely match circulating strains, support rapid response in a future influenza pandemic, and pave the way for COVID-19 combination ...
RFK Jr.'s vaccine committee votes against rarely used flu shot preservative, backs new RSV shot
The votes on vaccine recommendations are the first move by the panel after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Moderna's experimental flu vaccine more effective than approved shot in study
Moderna said on Monday its experimental influenza vaccine was found to be 26.6% more effective than a currently approved ...
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Single antiviral shot could offer better protection than flu vaccines
A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...
Kennedy’s advisers back flu vaccination, but not shots with a rarely used preservative
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just ...
New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative
A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...
With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle
The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety. A panel of experts he ...
Kennedy’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines
Dr. Levi and Vicky Pebsworth, a nurse affiliated with an anti-vaccine group, voted against recommending clesrovimab; the ...
Thimerosal: What to know about the vaccine preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate
The Trump administration's vaccine advisers have brought up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last ...
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data
The vaccine panel hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted ...