vaccines
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PublishedNovember 22, 2024
Public health advocates rail against Trump’s nomination of RFK Jr. for Cabinet post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has made false claims about vaccines, has been tapped to become health and human services secretary in the Trump administration.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
How will Maine education be impacted by a second Trump presidency?
Donald Trump's vows to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education could put school funding sources in jeopardy, and his policy positions could impact programs like Maine's free breakfast and lunch, and student vaccine mandates.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2024
How much influence could RFK Jr. have over vaccines in Trump’s government?
The longtime anti-vaccine activist could influence how the FDA and CDC approach the lifesaving shots.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
Moderna slashes research budget as vaccine sales disappoint
The company is slowing its pace of studying new treatments in part because of recent commercial challenges.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2024
Gaza is vaccinating against polio. Is the virus a threat to the U.S.?
A campaign is ongoing to vaccinate children in Gaza after its first polio case in 25 years. The threat to the United States is only in communities with low vaccination levels.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2024
Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines Saturday, a day before the large-scale rollout and planned pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the United Nations World Health Organization.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
While most Americans have some degree of immunity from prior infections or vaccinations or both, that protection wanes.
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PublishedJune 26, 2024
Startup developing ‘vaccine’ to fight fentanyl addictions, overdoses
Fentanyl poisoning has been the leading cause of death for Americans between age 18 and 45 since 2019, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
Opinion: Trump and RFK Jr. want to make the world safe again for polio and measles. You should be terrified.
What makes anti-vaccine propaganda so insidious is that it exploits public inattention.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2023
Agencies launch effort to promote vaccinations with supplies of new COVID shot limited
The new effort to promote vaccinations come as supplies of a new COVID-19 vaccine are still limited in Maine and nationwide.
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