Most people think of vaccines as being "preventive," and taken to "prevent or lessen the impact of certain infectious diseases," David Braun, a professor of medicine and member of the Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at Yale Cancer Center, told Newsweek.

The European Union's drug regulator has recommended approval of Moderna's updated formulation of COVID-19 shot Spikevax, the vaccine maker said on Friday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to federal vaccine policy are prompting medical organizations and several states to formulate their own vaccine recommendations for the fall respiratory illness season, concerned many healthy children and pregnant women could lose access to preventive shots.

Four Years Later, Veterans Still Fighting To Get Justice For COVID Vaccine CrackdownsFour years after former President Joe Biden’s Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccination for all Department of Defense (DOD) personnel,

Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday it is in discussions with a consortium of Nordic Capital and Permira regarding a potential takeover offer from the two private equity groups, sending its share price up 24%.

The claim about his health and the COVID-19 vaccine is consistent with a common conspiracy theory that spread online during the pandemic, falsely attributing numerous famous peoples' deaths to the vaccine. We have previously fact-checked such claims about Betty White, Lisa Loring and even Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership at Health and Human Services has led to changes in vaccine recommendations and access, sparking concerns among medical experts.

The anti-vaccine organization founded by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now funding a lawsuit against him.

The CDC says there is no evidence of harm from mercury-based thimerosal.

A nonprofit anti-vaccine group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing him, in his capacity as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, for failing to establish a task force to promote the development of safer childhood vaccines.

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