YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's Science in 5 - The truth about vaccine safety - 30 April 2025

Are vaccines safe?
What’s actually in them?

In this episode of Science in 5, WHO’s Dr. Kate O’Brien breaks down how vaccines are tested, approved, and monitored even after they reach the public. She also explains what happens if a safety concern is flagged.
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NIH-funded science must now be free to read instantly: what you should know US biomedical agency’s public-access policy kicks in on 1 July. Nature talks to specialists about how to comply.

Starting July 1, researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health will be required to make their scientific papers available to read for free as soon as they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. Nature asks experts what researchers need to know about the NIH policy. #Academicsky 🧪

Check out WHO's Science in 5 series. Today's episode is on TB and the potential for a rapid regression from decades of improving outcomes. With the rapid withdrawal of the US from global healthcare, it will be difficult to fill this funding void.
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YouTube video by MicrobeTV Beyond the Noise #57: RFK Jr. and the measles outbreak, round 2

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RFK Jr.'s woeful response to the measles outbreak in Texas

🧪 NIH funding in your state

US flu reaches high severity status as deaths outpace COVID

CDC said that it now classified the #flu season as high severity for all age-groups for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

Over the past 2 weeks, flu deaths have outpaced fatalities from #COVID and now make up 2.6% of all deaths for the most recent week, compared to 1.5% for COVID.

Urgent CDC Data on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and public health experts warn

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Should taxpayers cover the light bills at university labs? Trump kicks off a tense debate Taxpayers spend billions subsidizing the electric bills, equipment, and other overhead costs at university research labs. That funding may face steep cuts.

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This was a topic during Trump 1.0. I think it is always good to revisit whether universities and regulations can be run more efficiently. But this is not the way to do it. Once universities start closing pressure on Republicans will be high.

This vaccine is given intramuscularly just like their other vaccines.

The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer - Mutating Bird Flu Raises Concerns: Experts Weigh In Powered by SnapStream Cloud Sharing

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Will H5N1 bird flu become a human pandemic?

‘Safety signal’ in Moderna’s RSV vaccine studies halts trials of other vaccines for childhood killer Company found signs its shots made some infected kids sicker than expected, casting a new shadow over the previously troubled RSV vaccine field

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