Dr. Enrique Chacon-Cruz: Welcome everybody, and happy to start with these globally crucial and relevant topics. Climate change is reshaping disease ecology in livestock and agricultural...

In our “Coffee with the Expert” section, Vaccines Beat—as moderators of key discussions at the World Vaccine Congress 2026 (March 30–April 2, Washington, D.C.)—had...

A summary of the latest News & Alerts in the fields of vaccinology, vaccines, vaccination, and vaccine-preventable diseases. We curate the latest information on regulatory updates, emerging trends, breakthroughs in vaccine technology, vaccine safety and efficacy, global immunization developments and outbreak alerts, as a resource to keep our community informed.

Latest impactful scientific publications that stand out for their potential bearing on healthcare. We introduce groundbreaking research findings, innovative treatment modalities, results from phase 1 to 3 vaccine clinical trials, or paradigm-shifting discoveries that redefine our understanding of infectious diseases and therapeutic approaches for all vaccine-preventable diseases.

Introduction Nucleic acid vaccines have recently gained considerable attention due to their promising results in clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of various diseases,...

Streptococcus pneumoniae remains one of the most important causes of preventable illness and death worldwide, particularly among children under five years of age.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is responsible for regulating vaccine use in the United States. The general stages...

Recent declines in childhood vaccination coverage in the United States have raised concern among vaccine scientists. Kindergarten vaccination rates have decreased across multiple states (CDC 2023), and exemption rates for one or more childhood vaccines increased from 3.3% to 3.6% across 40 states.