Tag: Vaccines

Todd Nelson, right, gets a flu shot from nurse Nicole Simpson at the Salvation Army in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

63 children dead from flu

Robert King · February 9, 2018 4:47 pm

Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike in his temperature sent him into the emergency room on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kimberly Leonard · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

According to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Baby boomers hit harder than usual by flu season

Kimberly Leonard · January 26, 2018 6:02 pm

Ana Martinez, a medical assistant at the Sea Mar Community Health Center, gives a patient a flu shot, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 in Seattle. According to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii, but the good news is the flu season appears to be peaking. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Flu epidemic hits milestone not seen in more than a decade

Hilary Brueck of Business Insider · January 17, 2018 9:38 pm

Data from the CDC on Friday found that hospitalizations due to the flu spiked this week. The CDC reported that there were 22.7 hospitalizations per 100,000 people in the U.S. due to flu. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

CDC finds ‘widespread and intense’ flu activity in the US

Robert King · January 12, 2018 4:59 pm

"We are fortunate in that at the NIH we have very good bipartisan support," says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

NIH prepares for Zika season

Kimberly Leonard · May 15, 2017 4:03 am

"There is no causal link between vaccination and autism," Dr. Scott Gottlieb tells Senate committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FDA pick shoots down vaccine conspiracies

Robert King · April 5, 2017 4:24 pm

Lawmakers tout power of vaccines

Robert King · February 21, 2017 5:19 pm

Confab: The Counterpuncher

TWS Podcast · January 14, 2017 7:00 pm

Kill This Idea

Ethan Epstein · January 13, 2017 6:30 am

President-elect Trump has tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead a new federal commission on vaccine safety. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump’s pick for vaccine commission endangers public health

rebekah-diamond, phoebe-danziger · January 12, 2017 12:00 am

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and President-elect Trump have expressed concern that vaccines cause autism. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)

Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’ll chair vaccine commission for Trump

Gabby Morrongiello · January 10, 2017 5:37 pm