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Kennedy-appointed CDC vaccine panel says it will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule
A federal vaccine advisory committee plans to review the childhood vaccination schedule and scrutinize vaccines that have ...
CDC nominee deflects questions over Kennedy’s vaccine decisions
Susan Monarez declined to distance herself from the handling of the U.S. measles outbreak by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...
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.
CDC nominee defends Kennedy shakeup of vaccine advisers
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent move to replace a federal panel of vaccine advisers ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...
Pa. lawmakers look to protect vaccine access after RFK seats new advisers in key CDC roles
A Pa. lawmaker is trying to prevent lapses in insurance coverage for vaccines, even if key advisers in the CDC change their ...
CDC to hire former head of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr.
Lyn Redwood, who spread debunked claims about vaccines, will be in the CDC's Immunization Safety Office, multiple CDC ...
Kennedy's vaccine advisers sow doubts as scientists protest US pivot on shots
As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked ...
Kennedy's new vaccine advisers meet for first time
The panel, created more than 60 years ago, helps the CDC determine who should be vaccinated against a long list of diseases, ...
Trump’s CDC pick treads carefully in Senate debut
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal health official nominated by President Trump to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), faced senators in a confirmation hearing Wednesday, ...