Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer that anti-vaccine activist Robert F.

FluMist Home is an influenza vaccine that’s administered via nasal spray, which means no needles and no waiting in line at the pharmacy. Plus, it’s covered by insurance and experts say it’s about as effective as the traditional flu vaccine. But there’s a catch: It’s only been approved for people ages 2 to 49.

The AAP published its own vaccine schedule in a break from federal guidance. HHS secretary RFK Jr. took to social media to respond.

In today’s Health Alert, there’s a new way to protect yourself and your family from the flu this season - without leaving the house.  It’s called FluMist Home.

Released Tuesday, the AAP's recommendations call for routine vaccination of children ages 6 months to 2 years, citing elevated risks of severe illness in that age group. The guidance also supports vaccination for older children with underlying health conditions or at parental discretion.

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Conflicts of interest on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee were at historic lows around the time when Health Secretary Robert F.

Financial conflicts of interest among experts who help guide US vaccination policy were at record lows in 2024, just before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the nation’s top health spot and vowed to clean out corruption.

A new study found conflicts of interests among members of vaccine advisory panels to the CDC and FDA had fallen significantly, despite Kennedy's claims.

Australian biotech CSL, the country's fourth-largest company, said on Tuesday it would spin off its vaccine division and shed about 3,000 employees as it reels from "unprecedented volatility," sending its shares tumbling.

Annals of Internal Medicine editor Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and "we’re not changing what we do because of threats."

Before President Donald Trump cut most foreign assistance this year, the United States was the leading humanitarian donor to Somalia, whose health budget is almost entirely funded by donors.

Multiple scientists and doctors have spoken out against this decision, including infectious diseases expert Dr. Thomas A. Russo, who told Newsweek that mRNA vaccines "will be critical when the next, inevitable infectious diseases crisis rears its ugly head."