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Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesAt a Washington, D.C., rally in January 2022, the anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drew an interesting comparison between COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the Third Reich. “Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps to Switzerland,” he said at the time. “You could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did.”It didn’t go well for him. Kennedy’s comments earned condemnatio...

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Shared decision making with patients is a key component of RSV vaccination, which can bring challenges and opportunities.

A new study co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist reveals the value of government vaccine recommendations to drugmakers, as well as potential benefits of advertising pharmaceuticals directly to consumers -; a practice that is banned in every country apart from the United States and New Zealand.

Vaccination likely most beneficial for older adults with chronic medical conditions

The CDC COVID guidelines for 2024 now say seniors should get another dose of the latest vaccine, at least four months after the previous shot.

Older adults in the U.S. should get another COVID-19 booster shot even if they received one in the fall, according to guidance from the CDC. Two doctors react.

A federal immunization committee on Wednesday voted in favor of recommending an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for seniors aged 65 and up. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met Wednesday to discuss numerous agenda items including vaccine data and recommendations for COVID-19; tetanus and diphtheria;…

High hospitalization rates, low vaccine uptake behind decision

A federal immunization committee is recommending seniors 65 years of age and older receive another dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.