Vaccines

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

The clinic takes place October 5th from 10am-12pm in Farmington.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses.

The HPV vaccine could eradicate cervical cancer, according to doctors, but in Connecticut only about 58% of teens are vaccinated. A gynecological oncologist with UConn Health explains why some parents may be apprehensive to get their children vaccinated.

Moderna already has a bird flu vaccine in very early-stage testing that uses the same mRNA technology that allowed rapid development and rollout of vaccines to protect against COVID-19.

Merck’s shot protects against 21 strains of that bacteria to prevent a severe form of pneumococcal disease and a lung infection called pneumonia.