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Shingles Drop in Younger Adults: What Epic Research Checked, and What It Did Not

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published October 2, 2026
A six-well laboratory plate of blue-stained cell cultures, the lower wells showing pale holes where varicella zoster virus formed plaques.

Epic Research found shingles rates fall in younger adults, but it compared birth cohorts, not vaccination records. Read what it checked and its caveats.

Categories Health Tags Vaccines

DR Congo Vaccinates Health Workers in Ebola’s Epicenter With a Vaccine Licensed for a Different Virus

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 20, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
A health worker in a yellow gown, hairnet, goggles, mask and blue gloves injects an Ebola vaccine into the upper arm of a seated United Nations peacekeeper at an open-air vaccination point in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with more health workers filling out paperwork at a table behind them.

Health workers in DR Congo’s Ituri province began receiving Ervebo Ebola vaccine Saturday, even though the outbreak is caused by a different virus species.

Categories Health Tags Outbreak, Vaccines

RFK Jr. to Children’s Health Defense: a “steadfast friend at the White House.” What changed for parents

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 18, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
Official 2025 portrait of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in front of the U.S. flag and the HHS flag.

RFK Jr. told Children’s Health Defense it has a friend at the White House. What’s actually in effect for parents: the vaccine order, a court stay, and measles.

Categories Health Tags Measles, Vaccines
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