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10/31/2025

"Vaccination against herpes zoster (shingles) may reduce the risk of heart disease, dementia, and death in adults aged 50 and older, according to Case Western University research presented yesterday at IDWeek 2025 in Atlanta."

The study authors say the findings suggest that the shingles vaccine can prevent both infection and its complications.

10/31/2025

"Remarkably, patients who received either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy were more than twice as likely to be alive after three years compared with those who didn't receive either vaccine. Surprisingly, patients with tumors that don't typically respond well to immunotherapy also saw very strong benefits, with nearly fivefold improvement in three-year overall survival. This link between improved survival and receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine remained strong even after we controlled for factors like disease severity and co-occurring conditions."

The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.

10/31/2025

An *actual* likely contributor to autism is infection during pregnancy. Autism is common in children with congenital rubella syndrome--where the mother was infected with rubella during pregnancy. Infection generally seems to be a risk factor (possibly due to fevers), and a recent study shows that COVID infection can also increase the risk. This is another reason why Kennedy's messaging on Tylenol and autism was so awful: reducing fever using drugs like Tylenol may actually *protect* the developing fetus from some risk.

Anyway, seek advice from your physician on what to do for vaccination and infection during pregnancy, rather than listen to anti-science grifters and folks who have no idea what they're talking about. Several links in the comments.

10/09/2025

"RFK Jr. promised to restore 'gold standard science' to the HHS. How's that going for him? Let's see if his decision earlier this year regarding funding to GAVI was informed by 'gold standard science'."

RFK Jr. promised to restore "gold standard science" to the HHS. How's that going for him? Let's see if his decision earlier this year regarding funding to GA...

10/07/2025

10/07/2025

A new study shows that the HPV vaccine reduces infection rates among both vaccinated and unvaccinated girls and women, showing a herd effect.

10/07/2025

New data shows widespread erosion in vaccination coverage in over 75% of U.S. counties, leaving many without immunity from outbreaks.

10/04/2025

"Broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccines could be manufactured and stockpiled ahead of time and deployed as soon as a new coronavirus is detected, protecting the most vulnerable in the critical early months of a future outbreak while a new vaccine targeting the specific pathogen is being developed."

NewsNew study shows all-in-one coronavirus vaccines could save millions of lives in future pandemics2nd October 2025ShareModelling shows that broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccines could halve the number of deaths in a future pandemic.Stockpiled vaccines would dramatically reduce the need for non-...

10/04/2025

"A US modeling study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025. "

A US modeling study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025. 

09/23/2025

"Ultimately, what this meeting presented was a sense of chaos, and a sense of lack of confidence in access to vaccines that are safe and prevent disease for the American public," said Helen Chu, MD, an infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Experts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today expressed alarm and concern about vaccine access now and in the coming years in the wake of last week's meeting of a federal vaccine advisory board.

09/23/2025

"For years, scientists have studied a possible link between pregnant mothers’ use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and neurological conditions like autism and A.D.H.D. The findings are complex. Some studies suggest a link; others do not. None have found proof of a causal relationship."

How President Trump ignored science about vaccines in his news conference.