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Trial finds vitamin D supplements don't reduce COVID severity but could reduce long COVID risk / Medical Express

medicalxpress - In a large, randomized trial, researchers at Mass General Brigham found that high-dose vitamin D3 did not reduce COVID-19 infection severity, but may impact long COVID outcomes. Results of the study are published in The Journal of Nutrition.

#healthcare #publichealth #infectiousdisease #longcovid #clinicaltrials #nutrition #vitamind #supplements

Scientists tested vitamin D for COVID and found an unexpected long COVID clue

38 hrs / sciencedaily

Trial finds vitamin D supplements don't reduce COVID severity but could reduce long COVID risk

4 days / medicalxpress

Monday, March 16, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 20790 / 2 stories in 17 hrs


Measles outbreaks could fuel rise in fatal complication, physicians warn / Beckers

Mackenzie Bean / beckershospitalreview - As measles continues spreading across the U.S. at a pace not seen in decades, physicians are warning about a rare but often fatal neurological complication that can emerge years after initial infection, KFF Health News reported March 13. Subacute sclerosi…

#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc #vaccinesafety #infectiousdisease

Court blocks HHS changes to childhood vaccine schedule

2 hrs / beckershospitalreview / Ella Jeffries

Judge pumps brakes on RFK Jr.'s vaccine overhaul, targeting ACIP and CDC schedule revamp

2 hrs / fiercehealthcare / ,

ACP supports AAP's evidence‑based childhood vaccine schedule

3 hrs / medicalxpress

Federal judge halts CDC’s childhood vaccine overhaul

3 hrs / endpoints / Nicole DeFeudis

Measles case rate slows in South Carolina, rises in other states: 5 updates

8 hrs / beckershospitalreview / Paige Twenter

Measles' resurgence in the US is a grim sign of what's coming

34 hrs / livescience

Measles outbreaks could fuel rise in fatal complication, physicians warn

3 days / beckershospitalreview / Mackenzie Bean

We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what's coming

4 days / medicalxpress

Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2:21 am / permalink 20742 / 8 stories in 2 days


Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find / Medical Express

medicalxpress - As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn't work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade.

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #drugdevelopment #cdc #vaccinesafety #infectiousdisease

CDC: Influenza vaccine during 2025 to 2026 season less effective than previous seasons

2 hrs / medicalxpress

Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find

3 days / medicalxpress

Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find

3 days / abcnews

Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 20736 / 3 stories in 2 days


Severe COVID or Severe Flu May Raise Risk of Lung Cancer, But Vaccines Helped in Animal Tests / Discover

discovermagazine - Learn how severe respiratory illness leaves the lungs vulnerable to cancer, and how vaccines could prevent these vulnerabilities.

#healthcare #publichealth #vaccinesafety #oncology #animalhealth #infectiousdisease #cancerresearch

Amy C. Moore: Could Severe COVID-19 Increase Lung Cancer Risk?

2 days / oncodaily

Severe COVID-19 and flu can facilitate lung cancer months or years later

5 days / medicalxpress

Severe COVID or Severe Flu May Raise Risk of Lung Cancer, But Vaccines Helped in Animal Tests

5 days / discovermagazine

Friday, March 13, 2026, 9:23 pm / permalink 20726 / 3 stories in 2 days


CART19-BE-02 trial: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond – Resonance / OncoDaily

oncodaily - ALRCaN presents “CART19-BE-02 trial: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond—Implementing a Hospital-Based CAR T Program and Integrating It into the Spanish NHS” with Dr. Valentín Ortiz-Maldonado. “Dear friends and colleagues, […]

#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #healthcarefinance #infectiousdisease

'I'm still haunted that he died alone': The last voices of the Covid inquiry

10 days / bbc

CART19-BE-02 trial: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond – Resonance

10 days / oncodaily

Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day

11 days / bbc

Covid inquiry chair defends £200m cost and four-year process on final day

11 days / bbc

Saturday, March 7, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 20317 / 4 stories in 9 days


Moderna to Pay Up to $2.25B to Settle Patent Suit Over Covid-19 Vaccine Technology / MedCity

Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Under the settlement, Genevant Sciences and Arbutus Biopharma will grant Moderna a non-exclusive license to their lipid nanoparticle technology for mRNA delivery in infectious disease vaccines. If Moderna’s full financial payout to the companies is reache…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment #healthcarefinance #infectiousdisease

Hung Trinh: Moderna Reaches $2.25B Settlement in mRNA Vaccine Patent Dispute

10 days / oncodaily

Moderna to Pay Up to $2.25B to Settle Patent Suit Over Covid-19 Vaccine Technology

12 days / medcitynews / Frank Vinluan

Moderna will pay $950M to settle Covid vaccine patent claims with Arbutus, Roivant

13 days / endpoints / Nicole DeFeudis

Saturday, March 7, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 20307 / 3 stories in 9 days


FDA vaccine chief to step down in April / Beckers

Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Vinay Prasad, MD, the FDA’s top regulator of vaccines and cell and gene therapies, will step down at the end of April, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Dr. Prasad joined the agency in 2025 on a one-year sabbatical from the University of Calif…

#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #vaccinesafety #infectiousdisease

FDA vaccine chief to step down in April

10 days / beckershospitalreview / Ella Jeffries

Divisive F.D.A. Vaccine Regulator Resigns

10 days / nytimes / Christina Jewett

Vinay Prasad to exit FDA again, following latest round of controversy

10 days / endpoints / Max Bayer

Friday, March 6, 2026, 6:23 pm / permalink 20292 / 3 stories in 10 days


RFK Jr. names 2 new members to CDC vaccine panel / Beckers

Erica Cerutti / beckershospitalreview - HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed two new members to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee Feb. 27, ahead of a rescheduled meeting in mid-March where members are expected to review COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. Mr. Kennedy said Sean Downing…

#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc #vaccinesafety #infectiousdisease

Doctors Warn of a Deadly Complication From Measles Outbreaks

3 days / kffhealthnews / Rae Ellen Bichell

HHS strikes deal with 53 medical schools to expand nutrition training

11 days / beckershospitalreview / Erica Cerutti

Dozens of medical schools meet RFK Jr.'s call for greater nutrition education

11 days / fiercehealthcare

Minnesota sues feds over nearly $244M in frozen Medicaid funds

12 days / beckershospitalreview / Elizabeth Casolo

In South Carolina Measles Outbreak, Vaccine Skepticism Led to Largest Outbreak Since 2000

13 days / nytimes / Anemona Hartocollis and Kaoly Gutierrez

U.S. tops 1,100 measles cases this year as outbreaks grow

14 days / medicalxpress

Two more members added to ACIP ahead of March meeting

14 days / endpoints / Max Bayer

Kennedy adds 2 new members to CDC’s vaccine panel ahead of delayed meeting

14 days / fiercehealthcare

RFK Jr. names 2 new members to CDC vaccine panel

14 days / beckershospitalreview / Erica Cerutti

Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:24 pm / permalink 20024 / 9 stories in 14 days


CMS freezes $260M in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing fraud concerns / Beckers

Jakob Emerson / beckershospitalreview - CMS is freezing $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing unsupported or potentially fraudulent claims in the state’s program. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Mi…

#publichealth #cdc #wildlife #animalhealth #zoonoticdisease #avianinfluenza #infectiousdisease

Stabilization of the H5 clade 2.3.4.4b hemagglutinin improves vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibody responses in mice

12 days / science / Annie Dosey, Bernadeta Dadonaite, Rebecca A. Gillespie, Elizabeth M. Leaf, Matthew J. Vukovich, Jack

Bird flu outbreak hits California elephant seals, officials cancel popular tours

19 days / abcnews

CMS freezes $260M in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing fraud concerns

19 days / beckershospitalreview / Jakob Emerson

Saturday, February 28, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 19939 / 3 stories in 16 days


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