Vaccine News and Research

Latest Vaccine News and Research

Despite the hoopla, vaccines should be in reach this cough-and-cold season

For people whose autumn agenda includes getting vaccinated against respiratory diseases — covid, flu, and, for some, RSV — this year may be surprisingly routine.

22 Oct 2025

Report maps vaccination's comprehensive benefits for health and economy

A new Gerontological Society of America report, "Concentric Value of Vaccination: Intersecting Health, Economic, and Societal Benefits," provides evidence on the advantages of immunization for individual and population health, economic outcomes, and societal well-being.

22 Oct 2025

Study: Polio vaccination efforts must not wane

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in preventive medicine.

21 Oct 2025

Global leaders unite to invest in health for economic growth

The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition.

17 Oct 2025

New vaccine label offers real-time heat exposure detection

A color-changing label could help prevent millions of vaccine doses from going to waste, say scientists from the University of Surrey. The innovation, now being commercialized through a partnership with MM PACKAGING GmbH (MM) Group and leading materials specialists Advanced Material Development Ltd (AMD), provides a low-cost and reliable way to show whether vaccines have been exposed to damaging heat.

16 Oct 2025

OU researchers propose a novel solution to increase Indian Health Service funding

For many years, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has been underfunded, leading to health and life expectancy disparities among Indigenous people, according to University of Oklahoma researchers.

16 Oct 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Schrödinger’s government shutdown

Democrats and Republicans are both facing potential political consequences in their continuing standoff over federal government funding.

16 Oct 2025

RFK Jr. misses mark in touting rural health transformation fund as historic infusion of cash

At a September Senate hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. boasted about a rural health initiative within President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

15 Oct 2025

Ateneo scientists advance toward a vaccine for stomach ulcers

Since ancient times, it was thought that painful stomach ulcers were caused by eating spicy foods or having an unhealthy diet.

14 Oct 2025

High measles antibody levels indicate strong vaccine coverage in BC’s Lower Mainland

In British Columbia's Lower Mainland, 90% of people have detectable antibodies against measles, indicating high vaccine coverage and population protection, according to a new study published in CMAJ.

14 Oct 2025

Maldives achieves historic triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of diseases

In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for EMTCT of HIV and syphilis.

14 Oct 2025

Bridging innovation and equity to end cervical cancer worldwide

Each year, more than 340,000 women die from cervical cancer, with the majority of deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.

13 Oct 2025

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

Wyatt Technology's DynaPro Plate Reader 4 integrates advanced light scattering techniques, optimizing workflows in biotherapeutic and nanoparticle research.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 13 Oct 2025

NASN position statement emphasizes the importance of school immunizations

The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) today released its updated position statement, Immunization and Vaccination Requirements, underscoring the essential role of timely, up-to-date, and complete vaccinations in protecting school-age youth, staff, and communities from preventable, serious infectious diseases.

10 Oct 2025

New AI system revolutionizes drug design and vaccine development

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the field of structural biology. In May 2024, DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs launched AlphaFold 3 (AF3), a revolutionary AI system capable of predicting the 3D structures and interactions of proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules, ions, and other biomolecules with remarkable precision.

10 Oct 2025

Understanding the impact of chikungunya on children

Chikungunya is a vector-borne disease that affects both adults and children. While global efforts are ongoing to tackle chikungunya in adults, progress in addressing pediatric chikungunya remains inadequate.

10 Oct 2025

Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds

In the Netherlands, the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This programme provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has drastically reduced child and young adult mortality across the country.

10 Oct 2025

Nanoparticle vaccine shows promise in preventing multiple cancers in mice

A study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers demonstrates that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice.

9 Oct 2025

Study reveals large differences in knowledge about ticks between countries

Ticks are found all over the world. There are more than 900 species, and many of them pass on dangerous diseases to both humans and animals.

9 Oct 2025

Repeated sampling offers insight into glioblastoma therapy response

A multi-institutional study from the Accelerating GBM Therapies Through Serial Biopsies TeamLab, led by investigators from the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, found that serially testing tumor samples can help detect when a cancer treatment is activating the immune system in recurrent glioblastoma (GBM), even when traditional imaging measures cannot.

8 Oct 2025