January 07, 2026

Routine vs. Risk-Based Vaccination

The CDC has dropped routine recommendations for six childhood vaccines, shifting decisions to parents and doctors despite decades of evidence showing the shots prevented millions of hospitalizations and tens of thousands of deaths.

KFF Health News

December 19, 2025

Who Decides Vaccine Evidence Now?

A fight over data standards at the FDA raises urgent questions about vaccine safety, ethics, and trust.

KFF Health News

December 19, 2025

Measles Cases Surge to 25-Year High

US faces threat to measles elimination status as respiratory virus season intensifies with emergence of vaccine-evading H3N2 subclade

Conexiant

December 12, 2025

FDA Greenlights Oral Gonorrhea Treatments

Two new antibiotics offer alternatives to injectable ceftriaxone as gonococcal drug resistance spreads globally.

Conexiant

December 10, 2025

Is WHO Mpox Monitoring Window Too Short?

New data challenge WHO's 21-day observation window, as nearly one-quarter of infections develop rash after recommended surveillance period ends.

Conexiant

December 05, 2025

On the Edge of a Measles Comeback?

New analysis examines rising U.S. measles outbreaks, associated clinical risks, and the potential loss of measles-elimination status.

KFF Health News

December 04, 2025

HHS Communications in Transition

Why HHS messaging is shifting, and what it means for patient trust.

KFF Health News

December 03, 2025

Pazdur Exit Triggers Agency Concerns

Recruitment of Pazdur was intended to stabilize the center after these departures.

Conexiant

December 02, 2025

FDA Clears Rapid Bordetella PCR Test

The assay detects and differentiates key Bordetella species at the point of care, providing rapid results that support timely pertussis evaluation.

Conexiant