Hacker News with Generative AI: Vaccines

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 10 hours 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 2 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 9 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 9 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 11 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
20 points by duxup 13 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 16 days ago | 1 comments
Covid-flu vaccine could provide broader immunity and lasting protection (medicalxpress.com)
Cornell researchers have developed a new vaccine platform that could provide more robust, longer-lasting protection from both COVID-19 and influenza, and broader immunity to different flu strains.
Medicine, Vaccines, Flu, COVID-19
6 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 1 comments
CDC to study vaccines and autism despite research showing no connection (theguardian.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproved or failed to find evidence of such links.
Vaccines, Autism, Health, Science, Public Health
50 points by rntn 26 days ago | 69 comments
The Texas Measles Outbreak Is Even Scarier Than It Looks (nytimes.com)
The news that an outbreak in Texas has caused the nation’s first confirmed measles death in a decade — an unvaccinated child — is as unsurprising as it is tragic.
Public Health, Measles, Texas, Vaccines
18 points by mitchbob 33 days ago | 10 comments
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots (nbcnews.com)
A Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for March to select the strains to be included in next season’s flu shot has been canceled, a panel member said Wednesday.
Health, Vaccines, Flu, FDA
21 points by taylodl 34 days ago | 1 comments
Anti-vaccine movement falsely blames measles shots for Texas outbreak (nbcnews.com)
As a measles outbreak sweeps through Texas, officially sickening 124 people, mostly unvaccinated children, and hospitalizing 18, anti-vaccine groups are pushing a familiar and false theory: The highly contagious virus is being caused by the vaccine itself.
Public Health, Vaccines, Texas, Misinformation, Measles
15 points by tailefer 35 days ago | 1 comments
Next generation oral Covid-19 vaccine project halted (aol.com)
FIRST ON FOX: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has paused a multimillion-dollar contract from the Biden administration to create a new COVID-19 vaccine, Fox News Digital has learned.
Covid-19, Vaccines, Government, Health
15 points by clumsysmurf 35 days ago | 0 comments
First measles death is reported in the West Texas outbreak (apnews.com)
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
Health, Measles, Texas, Public Health, Vaccines
19 points by impish9208 35 days ago | 7 comments
Designing Self-Destructing Bacteria to Make Effective Tuberculosis Vaccines (weill.cornell.edu)
Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate an immune response.
Tuberculosis, Vaccines, Medicine, Biotechnology
4 points by justinc8687 36 days ago | 0 comments
CDC terminates flu vaccine promotion campaign (npr.org)
As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.
Health, Public Health, US Politics, Vaccines, Influenza
87 points by throw0101d 41 days ago | 85 comments
Bill to ban mRNA vaccines passes out of House committee (dailyinterlake.com)
A bill that would ban the use of mRNA vaccines, including for Covid-19, is on its way to the House floor after passing out of committee in a party-line vote Wednesday.
Politics, Health, Vaccines, COVID-19
10 points by belter 45 days ago | 1 comments
Nine unvaccinated people hospitalized as Texas measles outbreak doubles (arstechnica.com)
An outbreak of measles in one of Texas' least vaccinated counties continues to rapidly expand, with officials reporting 24 cases Tuesday, up from just nine confirmed on Friday.
Public Health, Texas, Measles, Vaccines, Disease Outbreaks
12 points by rbanffy 49 days ago | 6 comments
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas' least-vaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)
Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has some of the state's lowest vaccination rates and highest non-medical exemptions.
Health, Texas, Measles, Vaccines, Public Health
9 points by rbanffy 51 days ago | 0 comments
Dead babies, critically ill kids: Pediatricians make moving plea for vaccines (arstechnica.com)
As federal lawmakers prepare to decide whether anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, pediatricians from around the country are making emotional pleas to protect and support lifesaving immunizations.
Public Health, Vaccines, Politics, Children's Health
17 points by BerislavLopac 65 days ago | 3 comments
$1000 bug bounty for better healthcare with the FDA, CDC, and Kaiser Permanente (ycombinator.com)
I'm offering a $1000 bug bounty toward fixing a computer problem that's interfering with healthcare workers getting RSV vaccines. I'm in the group at risk and highly motivated.
Healthcare, Bug Bounty, Public Health, Vaccines
27 points by jph 65 days ago | 8 comments
Yes, Some Vaccines Contain Aluminum. That's a Good Thing (nytimes.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often trained his criticisms of vaccines on a common ingredient: aluminum, which he has suggested is responsible for a litany of childhood ailments, including food allergies, autism and depression.
Vaccines, Health, Science, Misinformation
10 points by doener 69 days ago | 8 comments
The "Pfizer Boob Job": A Case of Unexplained Gigantomastia (nlm.nih.gov)
True parenchymal breast changes following COVID-19 vaccination are exceedingly rare. Equally rare are incidences of pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)-associated gigantomastia. The patient in this case report presented with both occurrences and experienced massive breast enlargement 1 week postadministration of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which worsened after her second dose.
Health, COVID-19, Vaccines, Medical Cases, Science
3 points by m463 89 days ago | 2 comments
Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots (arstechnica.com)
Flu season is ramping up across the US, but Louisiana—the state that has reportedly barred its health department from promoting flu shots, as well as COVID-19 and mpox vaccines—is leading the country with an early and strong surge.
Health, Public Health, Louisiana, Flu, Vaccines
16 points by rntn 99 days ago | 5 comments
Russia claims to have developed cancer vaccine (twitter.com)
Russia, Vaccines, Cancer, Healthcare
8 points by spapas82 105 days ago | 1 comments
Russian Cancer Vaccine: Scientists 'Skeptical' (newsweek.com)
A new vaccine against cancer has been announced by the Russian Ministry of Health that it says will be available to patients from early 2025—but scientists remain skeptical.
Russia, Cancer, Vaccines, Science, Health
4 points by palmfacehn 105 days ago | 0 comments
Russia to Launch Free Cancer Vaccine in 2025 (indiatimes.com)
In what can be said to be the discovery of the century, the Russian government says it has developed its own cancer vaccine.
Cancer, Vaccines, Russia, Healthcare
16 points by andreygrehov 105 days ago | 7 comments
RFK's Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine (nytimes.com)
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
Health, Vaccines, Politics, Law
11 points by throw0101d 110 days ago | 4 comments
RFK Jr.'s lawyer and top ally asked FDA to revoke approval of polio vaccine (abcnews.go.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s personal attorney previously lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval of the polio vaccine, highlighting an influential Kennedy ally who, sources tell ABC News, has been helping interview candidates for top health jobs in the incoming Trump administration.
Politics, Health, Vaccines, Trump Administration
7 points by croes 110 days ago | 1 comments
How BioNTech's "revolutionary" lung cancer vaccine works (bigthink.com)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
Medicine, Cancer, Vaccines, Biotechnology
11 points by Brajeshwar 110 days ago | 0 comments