Vaccines

US to re-engage with Gavi vaccine alliance amid Ebola outbreak, Rubio says

Gavi's budget took a hit last June, when US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr said that the US would no longer provide any funding.

Moderna and other groups get $76.8 million to develop Ebola vaccine

The funding also would support manufacturing and progression to later-stage trials if early data are positive, Moderna said.

European Medicines Agency recommends that next season’s Covid-19 vaccines target XFG variant

Covid-19 vaccines still help prevent severe disease and death, but updating shots to better match circulating variants can improve protection as the virus changes.

WHO identifies Ebola treatments, vaccines to be tested in trials amid outbreak

There are currently no approved vaccines or therapies specifically for the Bundibugyo virus disease, the WHO said.

FDA advisers recommend COVID vaccines be updated to target current dominant variant

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Free flu vaccination rolled out to more Malaysians

All Malaysians aged 60 and above, as well as those aged 50 to 59 with at least one chronic condition, are now eligible for free flu vaccination in the country.

More males in Singapore getting HPV vaccine amid growing awareness of benefits

This comes as a growing number of countries recommend the vaccine for both genders.

Pfizer wins Singapore trademark dispute with Merck over vaccine brand

Pfizer’s ABRYSVO and Merck’s MAVENCLAD logos both feature circular motifs, but differ in wording and colour.

WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak

A poster displaying Ebola emergency contact numbers is pinned to a tent at the Busunga border crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bundibugyo on May 18.

US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures as he speaks during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

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