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CDC nominee defends Kennedy shakeup of vaccine advisers
Vaccines Federal agencies Water availability Congressional news See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent move to replace a federal panel of vaccine advisers should help restore Americans’ trust in the US Centers for Disease Control and …
What to know about thimerosal, a target of RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine advisers
Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A century ago, one of the biggest safety concerns about vaccines involved bacterial contamination. In 1916, four young children died in South Carolina after receiving typhoid vaccine that had been contaminated with Staphylococcus …
Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative
Vaccines Federal agencies Children’s health Disability issues See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested that use of the …
Pressure builds on Kennedy’s vaccine panel ahead of first meeting
Vaccines Congressional news Federal agencies Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Ahead of the first meeting of newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lawmakers are sharing fresh concerns about the panel’s membership and last-minute actions that could …
Why Kennedy’s overhaul of a key CDC committee could lead to ‘vaccine chaos’ in the US
Vaccines Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, will gather this week for its second regular meeting of the year, but this won’t be a typical meeting. Two …
Former leader of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr. to present at first meeting of new CDC vaccine advisers
Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense will present this week on thimerosal in flu vaccines at a meeting of the newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers for …