December 19, 2025

Who Decides Vaccine Evidence Now?

A fight over data standards at the FDA raises urgent questions about vaccine safety, ethics, and trust.

KFF Health News

December 19, 2025

Measles Cases Surge to 25-Year High

US faces threat to measles elimination status as respiratory virus season intensifies with emergence of vaccine-evading H3N2 subclade

Conexiant

December 12, 2025

FDA Greenlights Oral Gonorrhea Treatments

Two new antibiotics offer alternatives to injectable ceftriaxone as gonococcal drug resistance spreads globally.

Conexiant

December 10, 2025

Is WHO Mpox Monitoring Window Too Short?

New data challenge WHO's 21-day observation window, as nearly one-quarter of infections develop rash after recommended surveillance period ends.

Conexiant

December 10, 2025

The HIV Metric That Vanished

A CDC researcher recounts how key HIV data was ordered removed—and why he chose to walk away.

KFF Health News

December 04, 2025

HHS Communications in Transition

Why HHS messaging is shifting, and what it means for patient trust.

KFF Health News

December 03, 2025

Pazdur Exit Triggers Agency Concerns

Recruitment of Pazdur was intended to stabilize the center after these departures.

Conexiant

December 02, 2025

FDA Clears Rapid Bordetella PCR Test

The assay detects and differentiates key Bordetella species at the point of care, providing rapid results that support timely pertussis evaluation.

Conexiant

December 02, 2025

‘Liver Cancer Has Disappeared in Children’: But for How Long?

A review of the hepatitis B birth-dose recommendation examines vaccination practices, transmission risks, and potential impacts on newborn protection.

KFF Health News