WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration's embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency — the second time in less than a year that he's departed after controversial ...

The Food and Drug Administration's decision, made public on Feb. 10, to not review an application to approve Moderna's proposed mRNA-based flu vaccine set off a firestorm of criticism from public ...

The controversial head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccines and biologics unit, Dr. Vinay Prasad, will leave the agency at the end of April. FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary posted ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund. Articles in this topic offer timely ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary on Monday defended his agency's position and record on mRNA vaccines, days after it changed course and agreed ...

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have unveiled a bold new kind of “universal” vaccine that could one day protect against everything from COVID-19 and the flu to bacterial pneumonia and even common ...

Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles. By Apoorva Mandavilli Adding to a rapid ...

On January 5th, the Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., removed several vaccines from the universally recommended schedule for children: hepatitis A ...

Stanford Medicine researchers claim they’ve invented a “universal vaccine formula” that protects mice against a wide range of allergens, bacteria, and respiratory viruses. And instead of being ...

Health officials say people who were born between 1957 and 1968 may need additional protection from the measles, even if you were vaccinated at birth.The South Carolina Department of Public Health ...