'Tremendous amount of sickness': Kansas school dismisses students early for winter break

Dexter Schools USD #471 announced Monday that they dismissed school three days early for winter break due to widespread ...

EMA Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use Adopts Positive Opinion Recommending Authorization of Moderna's mNEXSPIKE (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA)

NEXSPIKE is Moderna's third product to receive a positive CHMP opinion alongside Spikevax (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) and ...

Winter virus season so far is not too bad, but doctors worry about suffering to come

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S.

ImmunityBio, Moderna among winners of EU drug recommendations this week

An expert panel of the EU drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), endorsed seven new medicines for approval this ...

GSK gets EU regulator backing for expanded use of RSV vaccine

Dec 12 (Reuters) - GSK said on Friday a panel of the European Medicines Agency had backed the use of its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Arexvy, for all adults above the age of 18, paving ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Moderna Falls as FDA Vows to Impose New Vaccine Requirements

Moderna Inc. fell Monday after the Food and Drug Administration said in a memo late last week it would place new restrictions on which vaccines hit the market. Vinay Prasad, a top FDA official, blamed ...

Single dose RSV vaccine protection found to wane over 18 months

Research led by the Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System in Portland, Oregon, found that a single dose of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine reduced RSV infections and RSV-related ...
MedPage Today

Some Older Adults Could Use an RSV Booster Shot, Study Suggests

Guidelines recommend a single dose of RSV vaccine for older adults, but long-term data on the duration of protection is limited. In this study of U.S. veterans, effectiveness slid from over 80% in the ...
Brown University

Expanding seasonal immunization access could minimize off-season RSV epidemics

Researchers found differences in how respiratory syncytial virus spreads among children in rural versus urban communities and concluded that year-round immunizations would minimize risks of large ...
FiercePharma

In Q3, drugmakers saw a marked decline in US vaccine sales as Eli Lilly kicked into higher gear

Anti-vaccine sentiment is alive and well, especially in the U.S. And it was evident in recent weeks as drugmakers revealed their third-quarter earnings, replete with declining vaccine sales. Pfizer’s ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

RSV Vaccination Effective in Older Adults, but Protection Declines Over Time

RSV vaccines showed initial high effectiveness, but protection decreased over 18 months, especially in immunocompromised individuals. The study used VHA data to evaluate vaccine effectiveness in ...
USA Today

Should you get an RSV vaccine this fall? What to know and where to get a shot

The season of never-ending sneezing and stuffy noses is underway, sending Americans to pharmacy lines in hopes of keeping illness at bay with yearly shots. While flu and COVID-19 vaccines are an ...