Combined flu and COVID vaccine shows strong immune response in older adults

A new vaccine that combines flu and COVID-19 protection in one shot shows promising results, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it wants more data before it can be approved. Read More

Combo flu and COVID-19 shot shows promise in new Moderna study

In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from Moderna reported that the new combo shot produced a stronger immune response against COVID-19 and most strains ... Read More

Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot

A combination shot for flu and COVID-19 using messenger RNA generated antibodies in a study, but U.S. government regulators want to see data on whether the new vaccine protects people from getting ... Read More

FDA picks critic of COVID boosters to be new top vaccines official

The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it has picked a new head of its center charged with vaccine ... offering COVID vaccinations to young children and warning that strain changes ... Read More

Updated Covid vaccines for the fall may be in jeopardy under Kennedy's new rules

Like the annual flu shot, the updated Covid vaccines weren’t treated as entirely new products, since they still used the same formula, with just a tweak to what strain the vaccine would be ... Read More

HHS, NIH to develop universal flu vaccines targeting multiple strains

HHS and the National Institutes of Health plan to develop universal vaccines targeting a broad range of flu and coronavirus strains using a new whole ... to a May 1 HHS news release. Read More

Cold and Flu News

Bad news: this strain ... becoming available, vaccines to protect against RSV in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public, according to a new health ... Read More

HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots

(CNN) — The US Department of Health ... we get updated flu shots each year to protect us against the latest circulating strains. A similar paradigm has unfolded for Covid-19 vaccines since ... Read More

Updated Covid vaccines for the fall may be in jeopardy under Kennedy's new rules

The anticipated rollout of updated Covid vaccines this fall might be at risk after a change by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in how vaccines are tested, experts say. Read More