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STAT+: Dreams of cancer vaccines are becoming more real. Here are 9 scientists making it happen 

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Vaccines are the original immunotherapy, in the view of Ryan Sullivan, a cancer immunotherapy researcher and oncologist at Mass General Cancer Center. Shadowed by the successes of other therapies, the field of cancer vaccines was “seemingly dying,” Sullivan said. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Opinion: I helped declare the U.S. measles-free in 2000. I’m dismayed by where we are now

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I started my medical career in the early 1990s as a vaccine nihilist. I offered vaccines to my patients and was adherent to the routine schedules, but certainly did not go out of my way to encourage or cajole. I neglected to have my first child vaccinated against chickenpox; the scars are still present.

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STAT+: Cancer vaccines gain momentum, after years of disappointing results

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SAN DIEGO — Cancer vaccines have traveled a potholed road over the last decade. But as researchers from different companies and academic institutions presented promising early data at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in San Diego this week, experts said there’s a collective feeling of turning a corner.

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RSV vaccines may be linked to small increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, data suggest

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The new vaccines that protect older adults against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, may be linked to a small increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration suggest. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Moderna says RSV vaccine worked, setting stage for competition with GSK and Pfizer

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Moderna’s vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, reduced the rate of lower respiratory disease in people over 60 in a Phase 3 trial, the company said Tuesday. The result will increase competition in a soon-to-be crowded market.

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Flu vaccine offering decent levels of protection this winter, new data show

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Flu vaccine appears to be offering reasonable levels of protection this winter, with particularly strong levels in children, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest. Read the rest…

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Cancer therapeutics present strongest innovation pipeline in next five years, says GlobalData

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In a recent GlobalDatas survey, The State of the Biopharmaceutical Industry 2025, the largest proportion (41 per cent) of surveyed pharmaceutical industry professionals indicated that the immuno-oncology/ cancer therapeutics present the strongest innovation pipeline in the next five years.