When RFK Jr. announced he would cut funds from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, he cited “vaccine safety,” referring to a 2017 study from Guinea-Bissau. We asked vaccine researchers to assess the study.
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Expert panel picked by RFK Jr. will scrutinize the vaccine schedule for kids
The advisory committee makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the nation’s vaccine schedule. Any changes could affect vaccinations for millions of children.
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RFK Jr.’s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy
For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta.
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The good news (154 million deaths avoided) and bad news about childhood vaccines
A new study points out success stories — and potential obstacles — to bringing vaccines to the world’s children.
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RFK Jr. overhauled the CDC’s vaccine panel. Here’s what it does and why it matters
It plays a big role in deciding which vaccines kids and adults get routinely, what’s covered by insurance and which shots are made available free to low-income kids.
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RFK Jr. boots all members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary RFK Jr. has removed all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. He says replacing them with new members will help restore ‘public trust’ in vaccines.
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After delays, first vaccine advisory meeting under RFK Jr. set to start
For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting to discuss vaccines for RSV, HPV, COVID and more.
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Trump CDC cuts will undermine response to outbreaks in Rhode Island, health officials say
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination this week of Rhode Island’s remaining $31 million in federal grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could significantly undermine the state’s ability to prevent and respond to infectious disease outbreaks, state health officials said Friday. The CDC grants, allocated during the COVID-19 pandemic, were helping Rhode Island […]
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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has its billion dollar grant cut by Trump administration
Gavi, which helps countries purchase and distribute vaccines, is among thousands of programs determined to be “inconsistent with the national interest or Agency policy priorities.”
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First CDC vaccine meeting under Trump administration is postponed
The panel of vaccine experts were supposed to hold their first meeting under the Trump administration in late February. It’s not clear when that meeting will now take place.
