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After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate
With ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the country’s top health position, use of a long-approved vaccine against…
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All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions”
The members highlighted their medical and scientific expertise, lengthy vetting, transparent processes, and evidence-based approach to helping set federal immunization…
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RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good
Anti-vaccine advocate and current health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to social media Wednesday to announce the names of…
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After RFK Jr. fires vaccine advisors, doctors brace for blitz on childhood shots
The medical community is bracing for attacks on, and the possible dismantling of, federal recommendations for safe, lifesaving childhood vaccinations…
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Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors
“Most likely aim to serve the public interest as they understand it,” he wrote. “The problem is their immersion in…
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Anti-vaccine quack hired by RFK Jr. has started work at the health department
Outside researchers can request access to VSD data by submitting study proposals to the CDC. The Geiers have, in the…
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Top CDC COVID vaccine expert resigns after RFK Jr. unilaterally restricts access
A top expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was overseeing the process to update COVID-19 vaccine…
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CDC updates COVID vaccine recommendations, but not how RFK Jr. wanted
In practice, it is unclear how this change will affect access to the vaccines. Health insurers are required to cover…
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RFK Jr.’s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost $9.8 billion
In all, the increased decay and boosted dental costs would disproportionately affect children who are in low-income families, in rural…
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RFK Jr. calls WHO “moribund” amid US withdrawal; China pledges to give $500M
“WHO’s priorities have increasingly reflected the biases and interests of corporate medicine,” Kennedy said, alluding to his anti-vaccine and germ-theory…
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