KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Under the new FDA guidelines, only people 65 and older and others with one or more health risk factors will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. People considered healthy and under the age of 65 ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / May 23, 2025 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) today announced that it has submitted an ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that certain half-shell oysters that are frozen and raw harvested in South ...

An FDA committee on Thursday recommended that COVID-19 vaccines for the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season — which, for the ...

I'm a clinical academic, which is quite a rare breed of doctor, because what I'm doing, along with other clinical academics, ...

The FDA will limit the vaccine’s availability later this year to older adults and those who may be at risk of severe illness.

The success of these COVID-19 vaccines is remarkable and was far from guaranteed. mRNA is incredibly delicate. Enzymes in the environment and in our bodies are quick to chop mRNA into pieces ...

The mRNA vaccines were developed using novel technology that was approved for the first time for public use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal health officials received reports about potential cardiac inflammation effects just months after the mRNA vaccines were approved, but delayed notifying the public about them and ultimately ...