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A Texas Boy Needed Protection From Measles. The Vaccine Cost $1,400.
KFF In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of the vaccine’s two doses. So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of […]
Jul 1, 2025
CDC vaccine panel holds meeting after RFK Jr. ousts and replaces expert former members
PBS Newshour U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries into some long-settled questions about children’s shots. Opening the first meeting of Kennedy’s handpicked seven-member panel, committee chairman Martin Kulldorff said he was appointing a work group to evaluate the “cumulative effect” of the children’s vaccine schedule […]
Jun 25, 2025
US CDC vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says
Reuters A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study’s author said. The report, called “Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative” published on […]
Jun 25, 2025
Kennedy and vaccines loom over Senate confirmation hearing for CDC director
MSNBC Senators pressed nominee Susan Monarez on vaccines, fired CDC workers and whether she would stand up to the health secretary. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccines loomed over Susan Monarez’s Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, […]
Jun 25, 2025
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Politico The United States won’t contribute anymore to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, until the global health organization has “re-earned the public trust,” U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday. In an inflammatory video speech delivered to the Gavi pledging summit, seen by POLITICO, Kennedy accused Gavi of neglecting vaccine safety, making questionable recommendations […]
Jun 25, 2025
Millions of children at risk from stalling global vaccinations, study says
Washington Post The study noted persisting outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including the U.S. measles outbreaks this year reaching over 1,000 cases. Millions of children around the world may be at risk because of stalling vaccination efforts in recent years, according to an analysis of a half-century of global vaccination efforts. The study, published Tuesday in the […]
Jun 25, 2025
Vaccine Panel Gutted by Kennedy Loses a Member Ahead of First Meeting
NYT Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the panel and appointed eight new ones. Now, the board is down to just seven. Two weeks ago, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of an influential committee that recommends which vaccines Americans should get. He then named eight new members, […]
Jun 25, 2025
Kennedy’s New Advisers to Broaden Scrutiny of Childhood Vaccines
NYT The panel will revisit the hepatitis B shot given at birth, among others. The former head of an anti-vaccine group has been hired as a special employee at H.H.S. Just minutes into the first meeting of scientific advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was clear that the skeptical panelists intended […]
Jun 25, 2025
CDC interim leaders, in first all-hands meeting, speak of ‘myth-busting’ and ‘resilience’
STAT Susan Monarez, nominee for director, was reported to be starting to meet with senators ahead of confirmation. In their first all-staff meeting since the start of the Trump administration, the interim leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attempted to sidestep controversy and rally troops at the storied but demoralized agency on […]
Jun 25, 2025
Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative
CNN 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 vaccine preservative thimerosal can have “long-term consequences in the brain.” But the study doesn’t appear to exist. Lyn Redwood, a former leader of […]
Jun 25, 2025