Scientists have found that receiving a COVID-19 booster shot in the same arm as the initial dose triggers a faster and more effective immune response, thanks to primed macrophages in nearby lymph ...

Some Denver parents got texts during this winter’s brutal flu season with videos sharing why people in their neighborhoods ...

Although symptoms are usually mild, children can “shed” the virus that causes it for a long time (weeks!). Questions are ...

Scientists can now design genetic material called mRNA to help us build immunity to certain viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...

The director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services was dismissed a month short of qualifying for full federal ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative called ...

Researchers aim to develop a universal vaccine platform that could protect against both COVID-19 and influenza without annual ...

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Thursday celebrated the passage of legislation that includes $250 million in federal funding for a partnership between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Ag ...

HHS and the National Institutes of Health plan to develop universal vaccines targeting a broad range of flu and coronavirus strains using a new whole-virus platform. The platform, dubbed Generation ...

The FDA is expected to unpause the only protein-based COVID-19 vaccine's transition from emergency approval to full approval.

It is easy to promise readiness for the next disaster; it is much harder to maintain the political and public will to prepare ...