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Australia’s whooping cough surge is not over – and it doesn’t just affect babies

Whooping cough (pertussis) is always circulating in Australia, and epidemics are expected every three to four years. However, the numbers we’re seeing with the current surge – which started in 2024 – are higher than usual epidemics.

The Conversation

Kennedy makes 'clean sweep' of key vaccine advisory panel - Roll Call

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday that he will replace all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Roll Call

Vaccine for deadly virus with ‘pandemic potential’ gets funding boost

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Cuts to UK’s global vaccination funding would risk avoidable child deaths, experts warn

Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK’s soft power

The Guardian - UK

Measles cases are surging globally. Should children be vaccinated earlier?

Measles has been rising globally in recent years. There were an estimated 10.3 million cases worldwide in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022.

The Conversation

Midwife struck off after claiming vaccines ‘attacked babies’ on social media

Seana Mary Kerr also approached a pregnant woman in a shop and told her she should not be wearing a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Evening Standard

Midwife struck off over claim vaccines ‘attacked babies in the womb’

Seana Mary Kerr also approached a pregnant woman in a shop and told her she should not be wearing a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic

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TV Newsance Rewind: Best of news interviews

This week on TV Newsance, we take a trip down memory lane. We look back to 2018 — back when Navika tried to ask tough questions to Yogi Adityanath on women’s safety in Uttar Pradesh. Then we move on to the 2023 promotions of the iconic movie — The Vaccine…

Newslaundry

A huge outbreak has made Ontario the measles centre of the western hemisphere

Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality: a premature baby

The Guardian - US

Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidance

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader

The Independent UK

Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks

When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, it’s easy to conclude that parents who don’t vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish or have fallen prey to misinformation.

The Conversation

Clip of RFK Jr Being Called Out for Lying on Live TV Resurfaces Amid Concerns Over MAHA Report Citing Fake Sources

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's relationship with the truth has been called into question after his department misrepresented and miscited data in a new report.

Latin Times

Is BioNTech Stock a Buy on Major $11 Billion Cancer-Drug Deal?

With BioNTech sealing a blockbuster $11 billion cancer deal with Bristol-Myers Squibb, should investors be loading up on this rising biotech star?

Barchart

COVID-related agreement continues to shield some on Georgia's death row from execution

The fact that the COVID-19 vaccine is not available for newborn babies is shielding a group of prisoners on Georgia’s death row from execution

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What you need to know about Moderna's new COVID vaccine, just approved by the FDA

The shot had previously been approved for everyone 12 and older. Now, there are limits.

The Guardian - US

A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back

Frustration and anger mount as Trump administration contemplates new trials and restrictions for Covid vaccines

The Independent UK

FDA approves Moderna's new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine

The Food and Drug administration has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna but with limits on who can use it

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RFK Jr ends COVID vaccine recommendation: What do facts say about risks?

Robert F Kennedy Jr revoked CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine advice for children and pregnant women, causing expert confusion.

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HHS cancels funding for bird flu vaccine development because of RNA concerns

The Trump administration said the move signals a ‘shift in federal vaccine funding priorities’

The Conversation

A gonorrhoea vaccine will soon be available in the UK – here’s how it works to protect against the STI

A vaccine targeting gonorrhoea will soon be rolled out on the NHS. This will make England and Wales the first two countries in the world to offer such a programme.

International Business Times

Moderna Loses $700M US Contract for Bird Flu Vaccine Development

Moderna loses $700 million U.S. contract to develop bird flu vaccine after government review ends funding.

The Conversation

RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance

On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of immunizations it recommends for healthy children and pregnant women.

The Independent UK

Trump administration cancels $766 million Moderna contract to fight pandemic flu

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including H5N1 bird flu

We Got This Covered

‘Process has just been turned upside down’: Trump’s health secretary sidelines CDC, omits COVID vaccine for kids

The CDC is changing course.

Latin Times

Texas Lawmakers Look to Make Child Vaccine Exemptions Easier for Parents as Measles Outbreak Continues

Texas lawmakers passed a bill to simplify vaccine exemptions, sparking backlash from health advocates as the state faces its worst measles outbreak in over 20 years.

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