As RFK Jr.’s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
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Louisiana’s top health official, a critic of the COVID vaccine, will be CDC deputy
Louisiana’s surgeon general Dr. Ralph Abraham, who has praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as health secretary and called COVID vaccines “dangerous,” will become the second-highest ranking official at the CDC.
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The CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated “Vaccines do not cause autism” has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
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With new cuts at CDC, some fear there’s ‘nobody to answer the phone’
More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.
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The CDC says people must consult a health professional before COVID shot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accepted a controversial recommendation from outside vaccine advisers to tighten guidelines for the COVID vaccine.
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel backs away from asking states to require an Rx for a COVID shot
The group voted to require people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, the panel failed to pass a change that would have asked states to require people to get a prescription.
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‘We are rookies’: Day 2 of CDC vaccine meeting opens with a reversal and a surprise
RFK Jr.’s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.
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Who offered Trump an exceedingly rare second state visit? Find out in the quiz
This week’s quiz also features late-night hosts, Emmy losers, the pope, geometry and bears.
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CDC’s new advisers debate changing guidance on childhood vaccines
The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy over their credentials. It’s considering making changes to the MMRV vaccine guidance among others.
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CDC’s vaccine advisers meet this week. Here’s how they could affect policy
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chose everyone in the group. Their votes could affect vaccine access for certain childhood vaccines and and the COVID shots. Here’s what’s at stake.
