Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the shot optional for the military at the end of April. The development, confirmed to The Associated Press by a Pentagon official, comes amid a … Read more

U.K. investigating reports Russian warship fired warning shots near a yacht in the English Channel

LONDON — Reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a British yacht were being investigated Tuesday by the U.K.’s defense ministry. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The ministry said in a statement it was looking into the reports of an incident in the … Read more

Trump Tells Israel Not to Strike Iran, Saying He ‘Calls the Shots’

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FDA panel recommends updating Covid shots to target XFG strain

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended updating this fall’s Covid shots to target the XFG variant, a fast-growing strain nicknamed “stratus.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The recommendation — from the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee — is … Read more

Secret Service reports shots fired near the White House

WASHINGTON — The White House is on lockdown after dozens of gunshots were heard nearby on Saturday evening. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The U.S. Secret Service said on X it was aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and … Read more

No child deaths definitively linked to Covid shots, FDA says

No child deaths have been definitively linked to Covid vaccines, according to a report from the Food and Drug Administration that was quietly made public last week. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The analysis comes nearly six months after former FDA vaccine chief Dr. Vinay … Read more

FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up

WASHINGTON — A Food and Drug Administration official involved in scrutinizing the safety of antidepressants, COVID-19 vaccines and other widely used therapies has been removed from her role leading the agency’s drug program. Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg will be replaced as FDA’s acting drug center director by Dr. Mike Davis, who has been serving as … Read more