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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 ...
Anti-vaccine activist presents data to Kennedy's reshaped CDC advisory panel
The meeting included a discussion of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and longtime target of the anti-vaccine world.
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data
The vaccine panel hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted ...
New CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Merck RSV antibody protection for babies
A group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 5-2 to recommend use of a new shot ...
Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children
RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against ...
The Anti-Vax Movement Solidifies Control of the CDC’s Vaccine Committee
In a series of votes Thursday, the CDC’s vaccine committee voted against the use of thimerosal, an ingredient that has long ...
RFK Jr.’s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots
At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
Trump US CDC nominee backs vaccines as life-saving
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the CDC was pulled into political contention over U.S. vaccine policy ...