Hacker News with Generative AI: Vaccines

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

85 points by throw0101d 19 hours 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 5 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 9 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 12 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 25 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 25 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 29 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 49 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 60 days ago | 5 comments

Russia claims to have developed cancer vaccine (twitter.com)

Russia, Vaccines, Cancer, Healthcare

8 points by spapas82 65 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 66 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 66 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 70 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 71 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 71 days ago | 0 comments

Twice-Yearly HIV Shot Shows 100% Effectiveness in Women (apnews.com)
It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus.

HIV, Medical Research, Health, Vaccines

249 points by bear_with_me 81 days ago | 146 comments

Malaria vaccine delivered by a mosquito bite (nature.com)
Scientists have developed a new vaccination strategy for malaria — boosting immunity through bites from mosquitoes carrying a genetically engineered version of the parasite that causes malaria.

Malaria, Vaccines, Biotechnology, Medical Research

145 points by gmays 90 days ago | 226 comments

Red squirrels 'to vanish from England' unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded (theguardian.com)
Red squirrels will soon disappear from England unless the government funds a vaccine against squirrelpox, one of the biggest groups set up to protect the species has warned.

Wildlife Conservation, England, Vaccines, Endangered Species

7 points by pseudolus 97 days ago | 0 comments

Salon retracts 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. piece on alleged autism-vaccine link (2011) (retractionwatch.com)
Salon today retracted a controversial 2005 story by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. about an alleged link between autism and thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative formerly used in vaccines.

Science, Health, Media, Vaccines, Autism

26 points by leephillips 98 days ago | 1 comments

Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer (medicine.washu.edu)
A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors.

Cancer Research, Medicine, Vaccines, Breast Cancer

7 points by geox 100 days ago | 0 comments

HPV vaccination: How the world can eliminate cervical cancer (ourworldindata.org)
Every year, over half a million women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and more than 300,000 die from the disease. These deaths are particularly tragic because we can prevent them through vaccination and early screening.

Public Health, Cervical Cancer, Vaccines

393 points by ZeroGravitas 110 days ago | 215 comments

German man deliberately got 217 Covid shots from 8 formulations (cnn.com)

Germany, Covid-19, Health, Vaccines

10 points by NavinF 112 days ago | 17 comments

Idaho health district abandons Covid shots amid flood of anti-vaccine nonsense (arstechnica.com)
Residents in the Southwest District Health in Idaho are no longer able to get COVID-19 vaccines from public health clinics after the district's board of directors voted 4–3 recently to stop administering the shot.

COVID-19, Health, Public Health, Vaccines, Idaho

18 points by coloneltcb 113 days ago | 1 comments

The Staggering Success of Vaccines (nature.com)
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world.

Vaccines, Health, Equity, Public Health

12 points by sohkamyung 117 days ago | 1 comments

Strep A kills half a million per year; why don't we have a vaccine? (wellcome.org)
Strep A is among the deadliest pathogens in the world – yet we’ve never prioritised making a vaccine.

Health, Vaccines, Infectious Diseases, Public Health

54 points by apsec112 126 days ago | 74 comments

Changing Views on mRNA Covid Vaccines in the Scientific Literature: 2020 – 2024 (paom.pl)
Before the global Covid-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, mRNA based vaccines had never been administered to the public outside of a single clinical trial that was not completed at the time.

Science, Medicine, Public Health, Vaccines

12 points by cubefox 133 days ago | 1 comments

Rwanda to receive experimental vaccines to combat Marburg outbreak (statnews.com)
Experimental vaccines and therapeutics to combat the deadly Marburg virus will begin arriving this weekend in Rwanda, where they will be used in clinical trials expected to begin soon, a U.S. government official confirmed on Friday.

Vaccines, Public Health, Africa, Viral Outbreaks, Clinical Trials

4 points by geox 140 days ago | 0 comments

SARS-CoV-2-specific plasma cells not durably in bone marrow after mRNA vaccine (nature.com)
As of August 2024, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 776 million people worldwide and killed 7.1 million, including 1.2 million in the United States alone1.

COVID-19, Vaccines, Immunology, Science, Medicine

9 points by cempaka 144 days ago | 2 comments

No needles required: The FDA approves an at-home flu vaccine (npr.org)
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home.

Health, Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, FDA

7 points by tambourine_man 154 days ago | 0 comments

The FDA approves an at-home nasal spray flu vaccine (npr.org)
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home.

Health, Vaccines, Flu, FDA

6 points by geox 154 days ago | 0 comments