How Moderna's melanoma mRNA vaccine could fight deadliest skin cancer
CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, who has had melanoma herself, said Moderna's experimental trial is "a big win for mRNA vaccines against cancer."
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CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, who has had melanoma herself, said Moderna's experimental trial is "a big win for mRNA vaccines against cancer."
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
Scientists say they've developed a vaccine for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore spoke with one of the oncologists behind the clinical trial with results that cancer researchers call groundbreaking for cancers of all kinds.
A judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy.
It has been a brutal viral season, but as RSV cases surged in New York, Northwell Health doctors say infant hospitalizations remained down, thanks to a fairly new vaccine.
The new CDC recommendations suggest reducing the number of vaccinations all children should receive.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted to change longstanding recommendations on the hepatitis B vaccine.
Acting Health Commissioner Michelle Morse called the vote to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth concerning and unscientific. CBS News New York's Tim McNicholas reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. CBS News New York's Tim McNicholas reports
Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted on changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met Thursday to discuss and vote on the hepatitis B and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccines for children.
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry testified before a Senate panel weeks after departing in a dramatic shakeup at the health agency.
State health officials say the executive directive eliminates barriers to access for New Jersey residents.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order comes as a direct rebuke to the federal government's new guidance on COVID-19 shots.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is giving pharmacists the power to prescribe and then administer the vaccine all in one visit. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
Hochul signed an executive order Friday to make it easier to get the COVID-19 vaccine at pharmacies statewide.
The New York Times reports Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order that will grant access to the latest COVID vaccines to most New Yorkers.
As CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo reports, the latest guidance comes as families are preparing to send kids back to school.
The new vaccine recommendations just came down, as parents prepare to send their kids back to school. CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo reports.
A 16-year-old Long Island girl was banned from school for not taking a required vaccine, but a federal judge has ordered her district to allow the rising junior to return.
Candace DeMatteis, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy for the Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease joins CBS New York to discuss measles.
"My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during the House hearing.
New York is now reporting two confirmed cases after three cases were reported in Begen County, New Jersey.
CBS News New York has learned both New York measles patients -- an infant and a child from New York City -- have since recovered.
