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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Moderna says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to review its influenza vaccine, …
Read More »FDA refuses Moderna’s application for new mRNA flu vaccine, company says
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu …
Read More »B.C. Court of Appeal sides with Purolator after COVID-19 vaccine mandate led to hundreds of firings
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The B.C. Court of Appeal has set aside the decision of a labour administrator who found …
Read More »Cancer screening. Vaccine wariness. Family doctors. Our watch list for health stories in 2026
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Last year, we set out a wide-ranging list of health stories to watch in 2025, …
Read More »RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers stop recommending MMRV vaccine for kids under 4, delay vote on hepatitis B shot
A panel of experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has voted to change its recommendations on how children under four years of age should be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV), while a planned vote on the Hepatitis B vaccine for young children will be …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine free for pregnant Albertans but many don’t know that, doctors warn
Pregnant Albertans are eligible for a free COVID-19 vaccine this fall, but doctors say they haven’t seen any direct messaging from the provincial government alerting either patients or health-care providers. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) defines pregnant individuals as high risk and recommends they should receive a COVID-19 shot. …
Read More »‘Reckless and dangerous’: Florida to eliminate childhood vaccine mandates in schools
Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates that have been a cornerstone of public health policy for decades in keeping schoolchildren and adults safe from infectious diseases. State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who announced the decision Wednesday, cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as …
Read More »Province to charge majority of Albertans $100 for COVID-19 vaccine this flu season
The Alberta government says most people in the province will now have to pay $100 if they want a COVID-19 vaccine dose this fall. In a news release on Friday, the province said Albertans who are ineligible for a free COVID-19 vaccine will now be charged an administration fee for each dose, whereas …
Read More »The U.S. just killed mRNA vaccine funding — what now?
15 hours ago News Duration 7:12 U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cancelled $500 million in funding for the development of mNRA vaccine technology. For The National, CBC’s Heather Hiscox asks infectious disease specialist Dr. Allison McGeer and health researcher Bradley Wouters to break down what kind of …
Read More »Planned presentation to U.S. vaccine advisory panel cited a study that doesn’t exist
A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, according to the scientist listed as the study’s author. The report, titled “Thimerosal as a …
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