Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunization ...

"For the first time," Prasad wrote, "the US FDA will acknowledge that COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children." He ...

A study published in October 2025 in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that mRNA COVID vaccines for the 2024–2025 season reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, ...

Findings from the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction (NACMI) registry demonstrate significantly higher one-year mortality rates in patients with COVID-19 and ST-elevation myocardial ...

Black women still face maternal death rates that are four times higher than the overall rate, even after post-pandemic ...

The FDA has expanded its internal review of potential COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths to include adults, building on an inquiry that initially focused on children. The broadened review follows ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

COVID-19 infections are rising across the United States, amid surges in other winter illnesses. The uptick in COVID comes as the country faces a severe flu season and outbreaks of norovirus, which are ...

This article was published with The Sick Times, a nonprofit newsroom covering long COVID. Justin Lin’s daughter, Serena, developed long COVID in seventh grade. For more than three years, she has ...