You can’t blame this one on the stork. After a brief baby bump early in the COVID-19 pandemic, birth rates in the US and other wealthy countries dropped as the public health emergency eased. That ...
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women. By Apoorva Mandavilli Members of the federal ...
A new study provides more evidence that receipt of a messenger RNA (mRNA) SARS-CoV-2 vaccine immediately before or during pregnancy does not raise the risk for autism or other neurodevelopmental ...
The FDA has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid), but with unusual restrictions. Novavax makes the nation's only traditional protein-based coronavirus vaccine -- ...
In summer 2025, the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 sublineage became dominant with more resistant variants, such as XFG, LP.8.1, and NB.1.8.1. COVID-19 mRNA boosters were therefore updated for the 2025–2026 season ...
The HCI+ measures how effectively a country builds human capital, tracking the likelihood that children today will grow into ...