Immunization

The academy's updated influenza guidance arrives days after a White House executive order narrowed the recommended childhood vaccine schedule.

The White House and the American Academy of Pediatrics leave pharmacists navigating 2 competing sets of vaccine guidance for the upcoming season.

A decades-long research effort in mRNA-produced licensed vaccines targets influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, cytomegalovirus, HIV, and cancer.

Researchers aimed to better understand the prominence of vaccine failures and breakthrough infections of pediatric pneumoccoal immunization.

Community pharmacists deliver travel vaccine clinics, navigate entry rules, and update routine shots with new guidance on polio, measles, and chikungunya.

Data on excess deaths in high-income countries show the male mortality disadvantage during COVID-19 is concentrated in the pandemic's earliest phase.

The approval gives pharmacists a new, nonegg-based seasonal influenza option for adults 50 and older ahead of the 2026-2027 flu season.

Researchers highlight the importance of vaccination for the risk reduction needed across the pediatric population.

Centuries of vaccine science saved more lives than any other intervention, and pharmacists matter now more than ever.

As COVID-19 shifts from emergency response to routine care, persistent inequities in vaccine access are quietly resurfacing.

Newly filed charters arrive as pharmacy groups already press HHS over similar changes to the CDC's vaccine advisory panel.

A study found antibody deficiencies and monoclonal immunoglobulins in a share of adults hospitalized with invasive pneumococcal disease.

A 4-year cohort study finds pneumococcal vaccine serotypes circulating and increasing among older adults with community-acquired pneumonia.

A new survey shows widespread uncertainty about which vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy, underscoring the counseling role pharmacists play.

Experts collaborate on the best approaches for boosting immunization rates in populations across school campuses and shared living facilities.

New policies urge pharmacists to identify disinformation and seek legal protection against AI-generated impersonation.

Vaccine guidance in the US is undergoing a dramatic change, leaving pharmacists uncertain about coverage, authority, and flu-season timing.

In part 2, Paul Licciardi, PhD, dives into the evolving need for updated pneumococcal vaccine recommendations and how pharmacists can keep their patients informed.

Bivalent mRNA and protein-based fourth doses produce comparable protection against Omicron JN.1 infection over 12 months.

Nine pharmacy organizations state that the revised charter overemphasizes vaccine risk and could delay recommendations pharmacists rely on for scope of practice and insurance coverage.

A newly published review traces chikungunya's re-emergence to a record 2025 outbreak in China, and 2 FDA-approved vaccines shape prevention strategy for pharmacists.

A new surveillance study shows pneumococcal vaccine shifts cut key antibiotic resistance for invasive pneumococcal disease.

Researchers assess the impact of various pneumococcal conjugate vaccines since the introduction of immunization programming.

CDC-led VISION interim data show 2025-2026 COVID-19 shots cut adult emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

Updated charter shifts committee governance to the CDC director and drops fixed meeting schedules.