Hacker News with Generative AI: Vaccines

RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to drop in US hospitalisations (gavi.org)
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the roll-out of preventive approaches has had an immediate impact on RSV rates.

Health, Vaccines, Disease, Public Health, United States

5 points by bediger4000 3 days ago | 1 comments

FDA to limit access to Covid-19 shots (arstechnica.com)
Under the control of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally terminating universal access to seasonal COVID-19 vaccines; instead, only people who are age 65 years and older and people with underlying conditions that put them at risk of severe COVID-19 will have access to seasonal boosters moving forward.

COVID-19, Public Health, Vaccines, Politics, Health

14 points by AdmiralAsshat 3 days ago | 3 comments

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or high risk of serious illness (statnews.com)
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 years of age and older and others who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill if they are infected, and will require manufacturers to conduct clinical trials to show whether the vaccines are of benefit to healthy younger adults and children.

Health, COVID-19, Public Health, Regulation, Vaccines

12 points by perihelions 3 days ago | 3 comments

FDA announces change to future Covid-19 vaccine approvals (cnn.com)

FDA, Covid-19, Vaccines, Healthcare, Public Health

10 points by jnlasher 3 days ago | 1 comments

Shingles vaccine reduces risk of heart disease by 23%, study of one million (cnn.com)

Health, Vaccines, Heart Disease, Research

18 points by Bender 10 days ago | 3 comments

Political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution (nature.com)
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.

Politics, Vaccines, mRNA Technology, Science

13 points by rbanffy 10 days ago | 6 comments

Covid-19 vaccines associated with a reduction in ovarian reserve in rats (nlm.nih.gov)
This study aimed to elucidate the effects of messenger RNA (mRNA) and inactivated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines on ovarian histology and reserve in rats.

COVID-19, Vaccines, Science, Medical Research, Animal Studies

7 points by b800h 12 days ago | 5 comments

Moderna's Super-Vaccine for Flu and Covid Works–Now Politics Could Sink It (gizmodo.com)
Moderna’s mRNA-based flu and covid-19 vaccine could provide the best of both worlds—if it’s actually ever approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Moderna, Vaccines, Flu, COVID-19, Politics

25 points by gcoleman 12 days ago | 4 comments

Immunogenicity and Safety of Influenza and Covid-19 Multicomponent Vaccine (jamanetwork.com)

Immunology, Vaccines, COVID-19, Influenza, Public Health

11 points by bikenaga 12 days ago | 1 comments

Universal Vaccines Elude Scientists. RFK, Jr., Is Betting This Will Succeed (scientificamerican.com)
Scientists have spent decades in hot pursuit of a universal influenza vaccine—a single shot to protect people from past and possible future strains of a frequently mutating virus.

Vaccines, Influenza, Science, Health

3 points by sohkamyung 21 days ago | 0 comments

RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines (npr.org)
The Trump administration plans to impose a new testing requirement for new vaccines — a demand that could delay the availability of the next round of COVID-19 vaccines and complicate the approval of other vaccines.

Vaccines, Public Health, Politics, Science

38 points by srameshc 22 days ago | 33 comments

The little-known database at the heart of Kennedy's vaccine conspiracy theory (nbcnews.com)
For as long as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has falsely claimed that vaccines cause widespread harm — from autism to sudden death — he has pointed to the one source he says could immediately prove it.

Misinformation, Vaccines, Conspiracy Theories, Health, Politics

11 points by coloneltcb 22 days ago | 0 comments

Seasonal Covid shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin (arstechnica.com)
Under President Trump, the Food and Drug Administration may no longer approve seasonal COVID-19 vaccines updated for the virus variants circulating that year, according to recent statements by Trump administration officials.

Politics, Health, COVID-19, Vaccines

18 points by bikenaga 25 days ago | 1 comments

How effective and safe are measles vaccines? (ourworldindata.org)
Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, reducing the chances of getting measles by 95%.

Vaccines, Measles, Public Health, Data Analysis, Science

5 points by salonium_ 30 days ago | 1 comments

'Low-sugar' vaccine can provide broad immunity against coronavirus variants (medicalxpress.com)
Sugar coatings aren't only for candies; they also help viruses, like the ones that cause COVID-19, hide from their hosts' immune system. Now, researchers have developed a universal vaccine that targets coronaviruses and the sugars that they use as cover.

Vaccines, Coronavirus, Immunology, Medical Research, Biotechnology

9 points by PaulHoule 40 days ago | 4 comments

Shingles vaccine found to cut dementia risk by 20% (newatlas.com)
Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk by 20%.

Health, Medicine, Public Health, Vaccines, Dementia

8 points by dreadsword 42 days ago | 3 comments

"Not Just Measles": Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline (propublica.org)
While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak concentrated in the small, dusty towns of West Texas, cases of pertussis have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since hitting a recent low in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public Health, Measles, Pertussis, Vaccines

15 points by hn_acker 42 days ago | 0 comments

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.

Medical Research, Health, Vaccines, Dementia

5 points by namanyayg 44 days ago | 0 comments

154M lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines (nature.com)
Vaccines have made several deadly diseases a thing of the past.

Public Health, Science, Vaccines, Data Visualization

6 points by gnabgib 46 days ago | 0 comments

Second child died from measles-related causes in Texas (apnews.com)
A second unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell.

Measles, Texas, Public Health, Children, Vaccines

9 points by geox 47 days ago | 1 comments

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.

Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia

5 points by amichail 50 days ago | 0 comments

Shingles vaccine linked to reduction in dementia diagnoses, study finds (abc.net.au)
Scientists may have produced the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccine is linked to reduced dementia risk.

Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia

11 points by stubish 50 days ago | 0 comments

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.

Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia

7 points by pseudolus 51 days ago | 2 comments

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk (theguardian.com)
Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.

Health, Science, Vaccines, Dementia

4 points by zeristor 51 days ago | 0 comments

Cantor Analysts Blast RFK Jr., Warn of 'Dangerous Territory' (bloomberg.com)
Cantor Fitzgerald biotech analysts slammed the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling on the Trump administration to “re-evaluate” his role after a top vaccine official stepped down.

Politics, Health, Vaccines

15 points by petethomas 53 days ago | 2 comments

$160 book by Springer about Advanced Nanovaccines Contains AI generated text (mastodon.social)

AI, Science, Publishing, Vaccines

19 points by croes 60 days ago | 4 comments

Why I Got the Measles Vaccine at Age 63 (nytimes.com)
It’s full-on spring here in Middle Tennessee, and the world is suddenly blooming with infants.

Health, Vaccines, Personal Experiences

6 points by geox 60 days ago | 1 comments

Do viruses trigger Alzheimer's? (economist.com)
In the summer of 2024 several groups of scientists published a curious finding: people vaccinated against shingles were less likely to develop dementia than their unvaccinated peers.

Health, Science, Alzheimer's Disease, Vaccines

211 points by helsinkiandrew 61 days ago | 163 comments

Mom of child dead from measles: "Don't do the shots," my other 4 kids were fine (arstechnica.com)
The parents of an unvaccinated 6-year-old girl who died of measles in Texas last month sat down for an interview with Children's Health Defense (CHD), the rabid anti-vaccine organization founded and run until recently by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is now US health secretary under the Trump administration.

Measles, Vaccines, Public Health, Anti-vaccine Movement, Children's Health

21 points by duxup 64 days ago | 13 comments

mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr's crosshairs; funding in question (arstechnica.com)
Federal support for mRNA vaccine research appears in jeopardy after KFF Health News reported Sunday that officials at the National Institutes of Health have directed scientists to remove all references to the lifesaving technology from their grant applications.

Health, Science, Politics, Vaccines, Funding

21 points by magicalist 67 days ago | 1 comments