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🕰️🛡️ Immunization practices began as early as 1000 CE in #China through a process known as variolation. This comprehensive #history explains how early folk remedies changed into the modern #vaccines used to eradicate #diseases like #smallpox and manage global #health.

👉 worldhistory.org/article/2913/…

#science #medicine #biology #immunology #innovation #education #nature


A worst-case scenario in a country without #vaccines

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for #polio, #measles, #rubella or #diphtheria were no longer available.
When immunization rates drop plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children.
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RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.

History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-…

#News #Health #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Children #History #Science #RFKJr


Shingles vax news: in addition to the vaccine significantly cutting risk of developing dementia, it also protects against cardiac events. 👀 "Vaccinated individuals were 46% less likely to suffer any major adverse cardiac event and 66% less likely to die from any cause. They were also 32% less likely to suffer a heart attack, 25% less likely to suffer a stroke and 25% less likely to develop heart failure." #PublicHealth #vaccines eurekalert.org/news-releases/1…


Stanley Plotkin's contribution to vaccinology has been so significant that the field's textbook, now in its eighth edition, carries his name. But as vaccines increasingly come under attack, Plotkin, now 93, fears he knows what's to come: many children will die from preventative diseases.

"All I can say is that I'm beginning to regret having lived so long — because we're going downhill," he says. He worries that people have become more susceptible to anti-vaccine misinformation because they have not experienced the misery that childhood diseases once caused — and that things will not get better until outbreaks cause anguish once again.

statnews.com/2026/03/02/stanle…

#Vaccines #Virology #Science #HHS #RFKJr #Trump #GOP #Nature #Measles #COVID #AvianFlu #Rubella #Meningitis


"Since late January, the schoolboy [Ethan Moran Lopez] has been confined to a hospital bed with measles encephalitis, a complication that causes swelling and inflammation in the brain.

'He's pretty much as if he was paralyzed,' his devastated father, 41, told The Independent in a phone interview from his son’s hospital bedside."

~ Rhian Lubin

#measles #children #vaccines #SouthCarolina
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the-independent.com/news/healt…


The measles outbreak in North London is looking like quite a big deal.

Remember folks, while most kids in developed countries who get measles will make a full recovery, there is still a substantial minority that can get serious complications. It is not a benign disease.

If you have kids, this would be a good time to check that they are up to date with their vaccinations.

The MMR vaccine provides excellent protection against measles.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99jye…

#Measles #Vaccines #MMR


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The FDA decided not to even review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccines for approval, even though the studies the FDA would be reviewing were conducted the way the FDA told Moderna to do them.

Now #Moderna expects that none of its other #mRNA #vaccines will be reviewed, and has halted studies on vaccines for EBV, HSV, and shingles.

A lot of people with herpes would be angry if they found out.

A lot of people who have family members with #MS -- now thought to be caused in part by EBV -- will be livid.


#France kicks off its biggest-ever #rewilding project 🦌
#Zimbabwe's vaccine cyclists expand access to #HPV #vaccines to rural communities 💉
The #seed #bank preserving plant species in an area scarred by 50 years of constant logging 🌱

and much more - in our new issue 👇
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🍺🧪 Could a pint of #beer replace a needle? Virologist Christopher Buck engineered common brewer’s yeast to carry a #vaccine against a common #virus, then tested it by brewing – and drinking – the results.

The yeast acted like a protective shield, helping the vaccine survive stomach acid to trigger an immune response in the gut. Experts say this experimental "vaccine beer" could pave the way for cheaper, painless, edible immunizations.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

💁🏻‍♀️✨ Vaccines 101: How vaccines work thekidshouldseethis.com/post/v…

#science #biology #vaccines #health #innovation #microbiology #discovery


Some #vaccines are making progress in protecting vulnerable species
Scientists are testing shots to protect species from #birdflu, #whitenosesyndrome and more. Multiple projects that seek to leverage vaccines to protect #endangeredspecies from disease
Vaccines can be an essential conservation tool, says Tonie Rocke, #USGS wildlife biologist. As habitats shrink, animals interact with each other more frequently, new opportunities for pathogens.
sciencenews.org/article/vaccin…
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Hi!

Jennifer Hamilton here, formerly of med-mastodon.com. That server shut down suddenly. If you followed me before for my toots about #vaccines, #PublicHealth, #FamilyMedicine, my gripes about #ElectronicMedicalRecords #EMR, or even just a few #caturday pictures and chats about bicycling, I'm on mstdn.science now.

EDIT: I don't need boosts, but here's a cat picture.


A major milestone for next generation Covid vax: The first clinical trial for a pancoronavirus formulation of an existing vaccine was registered.

There are more clinical trial results for a vax for people with immunocompromise, & news on mucosal vax trials. Plus 12 preclinical reports.

In my monthly update @PLOS

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/…

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19


Reviews of 60 randomized controlled trials involving 160,000 people, and 225 observational studies of more than 132 million people, demonstrate that the HPV vaccination is effective. The data shows that girls who were vaccinated against HPV before the age of 16 had an 80% lower risk of cervical cancer. The reviews come as U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, who has profited from waging vaccine-injury lawsuits against the manufacturer of the HPV vaccine, is stepping up scrutiny over childhood immunizations. Here's more.

flip.it/XHaS5L

#Health #Science #Medicine #Vaccines #HPV #TrumpAdministration #RFK


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The official CDC website on autism and vaccines is now a screed of cherry-picked data and conspiratorial thinking claiming that actually #vaccines *might* cause #autism.

This is where we’re at folks…


gh.bmj.com/content/10/10/e0153…

"This reflects BMGF’s ‘narrowly conceived understanding of health as the product of technical interventions divorced from economic, social and political contexts’."

Nitwit aka Bill Gates continues to distort the #health

#democracy #humanrights #justice #oligarchs #plutocrats #billionaires #WHO #vaccines #polio #HIV #malaria #disease


Most years I feel grateful that I have access to #COVID #vaccines and this year is no different, though there's a definite sigh of relief that I was able to get one at all.

Knock on wood, the judicious application of vaccines, masks, and social distancing have managed to keep everyone in my house from ever getting COVID.

Funny that...it's like listening to doctors and scientists who have made it their life's work to study such things rather than following the guidance of a few crackpot social media influencers. actually works.


Getting #covid and flu #vaccines at the same time has been common since the covid shot became available. Now the #FDA "will require new clinical trials" before manufacturers can claim the practice is safe, and will announce a "new framework" soon.

This will, of course, reduce the number of people vaccinated

🎁 wapo.st/45L7wqH

In related news, since I'll be traveling to a state where pharmacies are giving covid vaccines, I made a reservation for flu and covid shots this coming weekend.


For folks in the #Philadelphia area: #CVS in Pennsylvania won't be scheduling #covid #vaccines until after the ACIP meeting (currently scheduled for mid-September; who knows if/when it will actually happen)?

But locations in Delaware and NJ are accepting appointments now for vaccinations starting September 5th!



Covid is rising. New vaccines may not be ready until mid-September. Article fails to mention that CDC recommendations for staying home when infected are too short or other means of protection including masks, air filtration and improved ventilation.
#COVID #vaccines
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#PSA via Scientific American:
"Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin."

*if you can* print these schedules and keep them handy.

#Vaccines #VaccineSchedules #USHealthcare #CDC #ACIP

scientificamerican.com/article…


"'A supercharged HIV vaccine could offer strong protection with just one injection, a study in mice has indicated...And, the researchers said, the same approach could be used to create one-shot-only vaccines against other diseases, including COVID-19 and influenza."

newsweek.com/hiv-vaccine-super…

Journal article cited, behind paywall: science.org/doi/10.1126/scitra…

#PublicHealth #vaccines #vaccinations #immunizations #HIV #biomedical #research #immunology


Stupid people are killing their own children.

Two unvaccinated babies die of whooping cough in KY as disease rise is predicted to continue
alternet.org/whooping-cough/

#AgentBrainWorm #RFK #HHS #PublicHealth #Vaccines #RFKisNoKennedy #RFKPredator #RFKGrifter #USPol



Two #ethics experts who reviewed the agreement said his stake in the lawsuits appeared to be highly problematic, as the #FDA, which approves #drugs & #vaccines, would fall within #RFKJr’s purview as #health secretary. The experts said any action Kennedy took related to Merck, one of the world’s largest drugmakers, could appear to be motivated by his financial interest in a handsome settlement.

#law #USpol #PublicHealth


“while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, #lie, & #cheat his way through life,” #Kennedy said of #RFKJr.

#CarolineKennedy has been reticent to publicly comment on her cousin’s politics, & told senators Tuesday that she only reluctantly is speaking up now.

“I have never wanted to speak publicly about my family members & their challenges,” she wrote.

#USpol #plutocracy #CultOfPersonality #PublicHealth #NationalSecurity #Trump #law #healthcare #vaccines #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories


“I have known Bobby my whole life; we grew up together,” wrote #Kennedy. “It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a #predator.”

#CarolineKennedy goes on to say in her letter that through “the strength of his personality,” other family members followed #RFKJr “down the path of drug #addiction.”

#USpol #plutocracy #CultOfPersonality #PublicHealth #NationalSecurity #Trump #law #healthcare #vaccines #food #drugs #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories


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