vaccine
STAT+: FDA names acting heads of drug and vaccine centers to permanent roles
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration permanently filled four key leadership roles at the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, after it nominated Heidi Overton to lead the agency late last month. Three of the officials are serving in an acting capacity, and will take the same roles permanently, the administration said. They are Michael Davis, […]
New clues emerge in direction of RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy changes
WASHINGTON — President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pressing ahead with efforts to change how kids in the U.S. get their shots. The latest move, a request for information posted Friday, offers more clues to Kennedy and Trump’s vision for vaccine policy, and shows that pursuing changes is a priority. It […]
FDA, Covid vaccine list, football brain health: morning rounds
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter. Register here. Hello everyone. Now that we’ve all narrowly survived a non-World Cup day at work, we can finally return to our new normal this afternoon for France 3-1 Morocco. A father’s quest to heal his daughter Matt Wilsey […]
Eli Lilly to acquire three small vaccine developers
Andrew covers the biopharmaceutical industry, scientific research and public health across the continent. You can reach Andrew confidentially on Signal at drawqjoseph.71. Eli Lilly announced Tuesday that it would buy three early- and mid-stage vaccine developers, giving the field a boost. The deals — which together could cost nearly $4 billion — are the latest […]
Moderna’s key CMV vaccine study, expected to be the next big win, failed
Moderna said Wednesday afternoon that its experimental vaccine against cytomegalovirus, a cause of disability in newborns, had failed in a Phase 3 trial, a significant setback for a company already facing pressure from Wall Street and the federal government. The CMV vaccine was the company’s main program before the Covid-19 pandemic. Executives have repeatedly said […]
The FDA approves the Novavax coverage vaccine after delay
Helen Branswell covers questions largely linked to infectious diseases, including epidemics, preparation, research and the development of vaccines. Follow it on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on signal at Hbranswell.01. The Food and Drug Administration finally approved the COVVI-19 Novavax vaccine, but in doing so, this imposed restrictions on its two competitors on […]