ACIP Recommends Catch-up HepA Vaccination

Before the HAV vaccines became available, asymptomatic children were associated with disease transmission, but the ...

JULY 2, 2019

FDA Approves Generic Version of Zovirax Cream

Acyclovir cream is used to treat cold sores.

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

FDA Approves Krintafel Single-Dose Malaria Drug

The FDA approved Krintafel, a single-dose medication for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria in ...

JULY 24, 2018

Tafenoquine Gets FDA Advisory Committee Nod for Approval

The FDA Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee today voted to recommended approval of GSK's tafenoquine for the ...

JULY 12, 2018

ACIP Recommends New Shingles Vaccine

The ACIP recommended Shingrix vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and its related complications in immunocompetent ...

JANUARY 29, 2018

CDC’s ACIP Recommends Adding Shingrix to the Adult Vaccination Schedule

The committee voted to include Shingrix (GlaxoSmithKline) in the adult vaccination recommendations for to prevent ...

OCTOBER 26, 2017

FDA Approves Shingrix Shingles Vaccine

Shingrix is a recombinant subunit vaccine given intramuscularly in two doses that combines an antigen, glycoprotein ...

OCTOBER 24, 2017

CDC Updates Recommendations for Meningococcal Vaccine

Two meningococcal vaccines are licensed in the United States for use in patients aged 10 to 25 years: Pfizer's ...

JUNE 1, 2017

A Step Closer to Malaria Vaccine

Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will take part in a pilot implementation program that will make the world’s first ...

APRIL 25, 2017

Study Finds No Infant Risk When Influenza Drugs Taken During Pregnancy

European and U.S. regulatory agencies recommend that pregnant women with influenza use neuraminidase inhibitors ...

MARCH 2, 2017