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Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...
CDC committee moves to phase out controversial mercury ingredient from flu vaccines
CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the ...
Where do Americans stand on childhood vaccines as RFK Jr. shakes up CDC panel?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and its eight new ...
Is Thimerosal in Flu Shots Safe? Experts Discuss CDC Vaccine Decision
A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing ...
Kennedy's US vaccine panel backs preservative-free shot despite safety evidence
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend Americans ...
As new variant spreads, what's the latest COVID-19 vaccine guidance? It's complicated.
NB.1.8.1 is one of the latest variants of COVID-19, a "slightly upgraded version" of the LP.8.1 variant that is prominent ...
RFK Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...
A rare heart risk warning must now come on COVID vaccines despite CDC's previous findings
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it was expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID vaccines about a ...
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The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, empowered by RFK Jr., is just getting started
The ACIP, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel newly empowered by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is just getting started ...
CDC scientists push back on vaccine presentations casting doubt on immunization safety
At the start of an unprecedented meeting of vaccine committee of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ...
Opinion
Editorial: RFK Jr., CDC panel pose threat to vaccine access
The next time you go to your pharmacy for a vaccine or booster for you or your child, you might have less of a shot at getting a shot. According to recent media reports, a nurse who works at Harboview ...