Kids exposed to COVID in utero may be at higher risk for autism, other brain problems
Boys were at 43% higher risk than girls, and the risk was greatest (36%) when exposure occurred during the third...
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine effectiveness and safety: What the numbers truly mean in 2025
This week, our systematic review of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and influenza immunizations was published in the New England...
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New coronavirus subspecies with SARS-CoV-2–like mutation discovered in Brazilian bat
KatarzynBialasiewicz / iStock Seven new illnesses and two additional deaths have been reported in multistate Listeria outbreak tied to prepared...
Study finds no link between mRNA COVID vaccines early in pregnancy and birth defects
mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in the first trimester of pregnancy isn't tied to an elevated risk of 75 major congenital malformations...
Poll shows Americans view COVID-19 vaccines as unsafe for pregnant women
Love Employee / iStock Today, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published updated guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and...
COVID vaccines may have averted thousands of hospital stays in infants, pregnant women over 18 months
A US modeling study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants...
CDC advisers weaken COVID vaccine recommendations but stop short of requiring prescriptions
After at times contentious discussions over the science behind COVID vaccine and suspicions over its impacts, the vaccine advisory panel...
Veering from CDC, ACOG recommends maternal vaccination against COVID-19
Days after a similar move from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) late...
AAP evidence-backed immunization schedule reflects break from CDC advisers
Ahead of the new respiratory virus season, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today published an update to its recommended...
Vaccine Integrity Project presents reassuring data on vaccines for upcoming respiratory virus season
Today, the Vaccine Integrity Project of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota...