vaccines

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses.

Moderna already has a bird flu vaccine in very early-stage testing that uses the same mRNA technology that allowed rapid development and rollout of vaccines to protect against COVID-19.

Merck’s shot protects against 21 strains of that bacteria to prevent a severe form of pneumococcal disease and a lung infection called pneumonia.

The new research underscores the importance of vaccination for both sexes, experts say.

Dallas County leaders are urging people in the county to get up to date on vaccines before the start of the summer travel season.

Dallas County Health and Human Services is asking county residents to get up to date on their vaccines before summer travel begins. NBC 5’s Larry Collins has the details.

The World Health Organization has approved a new version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile.

Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives.

West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature has voted to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements.

Favorable preliminary results from two HIV vaccine studies were presented at a conference this week, giving researchers hope for the future.

A new report from the CDC shows vaccine exemptions amongst U.S. children entering kindergarten have hit highest rate ever.

A new push for protection as the fall illness season arrives began Monday as Dallas County officials lined up to get flu and COVID-19 vaccinations themselves.

Dallas County launched a new push for COVID-19 and flu vaccination as fall illness season approaches. There’s been a surge in COVID cases since June. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports that health officials hope it doesn’t reach previous levels.

A panel of CDC advisers voted Tuesday to recommend updated Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus booster shots for everyone ages 6 months and up.

Vaccination rates for measles have fallen in recent years, putting more people at risk for the extremely contagious virus.

YouTube said Monday that it had removed a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking with podcast host Jordan Peterson for spreading what the company said was vaccine misinformation.

A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on Thursday backed Pfizer’s shot despite some lingering questions.

The U.S. has approved the first vaccine for RSV, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus that’s most notorious for attacking babies but endangers their grandparents, as well.