Massive crowd expected at CT Capitol Wednesday on vaccine issue. Opponents claim ‘freedom’ at stake.

More than a thousand written testimonies have been submitted in opposition to each of a pair of bills as advocates gear up to fight their passage Wednesday at the Capitol. The bills, one brought by ...
The New York Times

Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said. By Rebecca Robbins In Massachusetts, Moderna is pulling ...
The Hill

Most in new poll say vaccines are safe, school mandates are warranted

A new poll shows most Americans trust vaccines and say they believe school mandates for immunizations are warranted. A Reuters/Ipsos survey released Wednesday found that 84 percent of respondents say ...
New Scientist

The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health

I am currently arranging to get a shingles vaccination. I had shingles at university and still bear the scars, so I really don’t want to risk getting it again. But I also have in mind the fact that ...
CBS News

FDA refuses Moderna's application for new mRNA flu vaccine

Update: The FDA reversed its decision on Feb. 18 and agreed to consider Moderna's application. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to ...
CBS News

Moderna says FDA will now review its new flu vaccine, reversing earlier decision

Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to ...
Scientific American

FDA won’t consider a new mRNA vaccine for flu despite the technology’s life-saving promise

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider a new mRNA flu vaccine made by Moderna, the company revealed in a statement on Tuesday. The vaccine uses mRNA to inoculate the ...
STAT

FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...
New York Post

FDA blindsides Moderna with refusal to review flu vaccine application: ‘We’re pretty confused’

The Food and Drug Administration refused to review Moderna’s application for its new mRNA flu vaccine — a move the pharma giant’s’s president Dr. Stephen Hoge said left him in “complete shock.” In an ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday.The news is the ...
The Boston Globe

In latest blow to Moderna, FDA refuses to review Cambridge biotech firm’s new flu vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration last week refused to review Moderna’s application for its messenger RNA flu vaccine, in a move that the Cambridge biotech said came as a surprise. In a “Refusal to ...
STAT

Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna’s flu vaccine application

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. WASHINGTON — Top Food and Drug ...