British drug major GSK plc (GSK, GSK.L) announced Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix, GSK's Recombinant Zoster Vaccine or RZV, for the prevention of shingles or herpes zoster. The company added that the prefilled syringe presentation...
New York and Kentucky-based Danone U.S. is recalling YoCrunch products on potential presence of plastic pieces in the dome topper, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA. The recall was initiated on July 11, after a consumer complaint about transparent plastic pieces found in the...
Emergency vaccination programs carried out during disease outbreaks have helped reduce deaths by around 60 percent over the past 23 years, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Global Health. The study, supported by the Gavi vaccine alliance, was done in partnership...
A large new study from Denmark strongly challenges the idea that aluminum in vaccines harms children. Researchers looked at the medical and vaccination records of over 1.2 million Danish children over 24 years. They found no proof that aluminum in vaccines increases the risk of any childhood health...
Nearly 20 million infants missed at least one dose of DTP-containing vaccine last year, including 14.3 million "zero-dose" children who never received a single dose of any vaccine, according to two UN agencies. That is 4 million more than the 2024 target needed to stay on track with the World Health...
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.