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Covid-19 shots for kids remain on CDC vaccine schedule with slightly different designation
Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its immunization schedule for children, days after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid-19 vaccines would be …
How changes to Covid-19 vaccine policy in the US may affect you
Vaccines Respiratory viruses Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect changes to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunization schedules. The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy …
Removing fluoride from public drinking water may lead to millions more cavities in US children, study estimates
Water availability See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water systems in the United States is facing new challenges and bans in some places, and experts have warned that the change would come with significant costs …
HHS cancels $590 million contract with Moderna for bird flu vaccine
Vaccines Respiratory viruses Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine to protect against bird flu amid the agency’s broader efforts to reevaluate therapies that use mRNA …
RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
Respiratory viruses Vaccines Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer be among the recommended vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children on the US …
NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology
Labor unions Race & ethnicity See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he was going to get into uncomfortable territory. “This one’s a tough one for …