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HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific feat ...
HHS redirects $500 million to Trump appointee's vaccine project, bypassing reviews
The Department of Health and Human Services said it is redirecting funding from what it calls a wasteful Biden-era project on ...
HHS to require placebo testing of ‘all new vaccines,’ raising questions about approval of updated Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in placebo-controlled ...
HHS halts work at high-risk infectious disease lab following repeated safety violations
HHS implemented a pause on research of deadly infectious diseases at one of the nation's most highly secure research labs, ...
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HHS, NIH announce development of universal vaccine for COVID-19 and influenza
Researchers aim to develop a universal vaccine platform that could protect against both COVID-19 and influenza without annual ...
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8 possible indicators of how RFK Jr.’s HHS will handle vaccine policy
Here are eight possible indicators of how health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may handle U.S. vaccine policy in coming ...
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HHS lifts stop work order on Vaxart's COVID-19 trial, continues funding for the 10,000-participant study
In February, the HHS unexpectedly delivered notice that the South San Francisco-based company was to stop all work on the ...
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HHS To Require Placebo-Controlled Trials for All New Vaccines in ‘Radical Departure’ From Past
The new policy, revealed by the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday, would make vaccines “less available and ...
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FDA puts up placebo testing requirement for new vaccines, potentially hitting COVID shot makers the hardest: reports
“Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership, all new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials prior to ...
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HHS to require placebo testing of ‘all new vaccines,’ raising questions about approval of updated Covid-19 shots
A spokesperson for HHS didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry about whether the new guidance pertains to updated Covid-19 vaccines, but an official told CNN on Saturday that “the covid ...