vaccines

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and two of his colleagues met at a Grand Junction ethanol plant on April 12, 2023, to discuss the upcoming farm bill. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Iowa ag groups seek more robust vaccine support in farm bill

BY: - April 12, 2023

GRAND JUNCTION, Iowa — Amid ongoing worries about avian influenza that has led to the culling of more than 13 million chickens and turkeys in Iowa in the past year, a priority among agricultural groups for the next federal farm bill is vaccine funding. They want “enough vaccines for any pandemic that might come to […]

A nurse gives a woman a booster shot to protect against COVID-19.

FDA experts are still puzzled over who should get which covid shots and when

BY: - January 27, 2023

At a meeting to simplify the nation’s covid vaccination policy, the FDA’s panel of experts could agree on only one thing: Information is woefully lacking about how often different groups of Americans need to be vaccinated. That data gap has contributed to widespread skepticism, undervaccination, and ultimately unnecessary deaths from covid-19. The committee voted unanimously […]

Arkansas hospitals and health advocates urge vaccinations during harsh flu season

BY: - December 14, 2022

Several Arkansas hospitals joined forces with the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement to urge Arkansans to get vaccinated against influenza, according to a Wednesday news release from ACHI. Baptist Health in Central Arkansas, Mercy Hospitals in Northeast Arkansas, Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville and St. Bernards Healthcare in Jonesboro signed onto ACHI’s statement encouraging […]

COMMENTARY

Twitter’s decision to stop enforcing COVID-19 misinformation policy is irresponsible, dangerous

BY: - December 6, 2022

Twitter recently made the irresponsible decision to stop enforcing its policy against COVID-19 misinformation. This decision is especially disappointing in light of Twitter’s formerly laudable efforts to protect its users from health misinformation. In a 2021 report, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy cited Twitter as an example of a social media platform that had made […]

College officials attend White House meeting on how to curb monkeypox on campus

BY: - August 25, 2022

WASHINGTON — The White House held a virtual meeting Thursday with more than 1,000 college and university officials to help them prepare for a school year when monkeypox cases are expected to crop up on campus.  The Biden administration’s monkeypox and COVID-19 response teams as well as representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and […]

Biden administration proposes changing how monkeypox vaccine is administered

BY: - August 16, 2022

The Biden administration has begun encouraging health care providers to change the way they’re administering vaccines to protect against monkeypox.