Dr. Brownfield answers the question: 'What Is A Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine?' — -- Question: What is a nasal spray flu vaccine, how does it work and what are the side effects? Answer: FluMist is a ...

West Coast states are teaming up to issue their own vaccine guidelines in the face of rapid changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The federal ...

The federal government is cutting $500 million in research money for development of mRNA vaccines, which were widely used against the COVID-19 virus. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a ...

A new publication reports on a model for estimating the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine each flu season. Susan Yox, RN, EdD, of Medscape spoke with Joseph Bresee, MD, Chief, Epidemiology and ...

Fentanyl overdoses can happen in minutes, and the usual tools respond after the damage is already underway. A proposed vaccine tries a different approach: keep fentanyl tied up in the bloodstream so ...

Hepatitis B is a potentially fatal liver disease. It spreads through contact with bodily fluids, and certain groups including health care workers and IV drug users are at higher risk. Anyone can be ...

Yesterday we explored four key myths and why they don’t stand up to scrutiny: ‘Vaccines were never properly tested’ ...

When you’re pregnant, you do everything you can to stay well and protect your growing baby. One of the most effective ways to do this is by getting vaccinated against whooping cough and RSV ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My daughter was recently visiting and tested positive for COVID. Since my last COVID vaccine was eight months ago, I searched for how much protection I still had and understood the ...