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FDA approves world's first mRNA-based flu vaccine, signaling start of a new illness-prevention era

The vaccine, intended for people 50 and older, is based on mRNA technology and was found in an advanced trial to be more effective than a standard flu shot.

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 A pregnant woman gets vaccinated (illustrative).

Breakthrough CMV vaccine offers hope to pregnant women

Woman gets vaccinated.

Health Ministry issues recommendation for Moderna COVID vaccine

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

Moderna says updated COVID vaccine is effective against newer variant


Moderna cancer vaccine with Merck's Keytruda delays return of deadly skin cancer

The results add data details to partial findings released by the companies in December.

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What's behind the recent Moderna cancer ‘vaccine’ announcement?

World-renowned Hebrew University cancer researcher urges caution about claimed ‘breakthrough’ and terminology.

A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020

Sleeping less than six hours will decrease vaccine effectiveness - study

The multi-institution study, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Current Biology, sheds light on the link between sleep duration and antibody response.

ADULTS SHOULD aim for seven to nine hours, and older adults should aim for seven to eight hours.

mRNA could make flu vaccines more effective - here's how

The World Health Organization reported that as many as 5 million people suffer from severe cases of influenza each year.

THE MRNA TECHNIQUE may mean that future pandemics can be dealt with far more quickly.

Moderna says new RSV vaccine 84% effective in older adults

Moderna intends to submit the RSV vaccine for regulatory approval in the first half of 2023.

A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020

Moderna to launch phase III trials for mRNA cancer vaccine

The mRNA technology used in Moderna's cancer vaccine is built off of what was used in their COVID-19 vaccine.

FILE PHOTO: A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020

New Omicron vaccines proven safe and effective

The new boosters are suited to two COVID-19 strains of the Omicron virus variant that represents the vast majority of infections, according to the FDA.

 Test tube labelled "COVID-19 Omicron variant test positive" is seen in this illustration picture taken January 15, 2022.

COVID-19: Health Min. offers non-mRNA vaccine, alt. for Pfizer, Moderna

It has obtained supplies of Nuvaxovid from the Novavax company. It is a vaccine that protects against serious complications of the pandemic without being based on mRNA.

Health Ministry offers non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, an alternative for those who couldn’t be protected by Pfizer, Moderna.

EU regulator backs two Omicron-adapted COVID boosters

Developed by Moderna and the team of Pfizer and BioNTech, the new so-called bivalent shots combat the BA.1 version of Omicron and the original virus first detected in China.

 Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are pictured in a General practitioners practice in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2021.

Pfizer, Moderna's COVID-19 Omicron vaccine boosters approved by US FDA

Pfizer said it has some doses ready to ship immediately and can deliver up to 15 million doses by September 9.

 ONE OF THE trends during the COVID pandemic has been a tendency of social media to drive obsessive hot-takes around each new crisis.