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RFK Jr.’s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots
At the first meeting of a controversial new group of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
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 ...
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What To Watch for as ACIP’s New Era Begins
The newly appointed members of the CDC’s influential vaccine committee meet Wednesday and Thursday under an unusually rapid ...
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Trump’s pick to run CDC ratifies importance of vaccines as RFK Jr. moves to limit access
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'You Lied': Physician Lawmaker Confronts RFK Jr. About ACIP Firings
Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday, accusing him of lying and arguing that he broke a promise not to change the CDC's Advisory Committee ...
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New-look ACIP, down a member and homing in on ‘long-settled safety topics,’ kicks off controversial vaccine meeting
In opening Wednesday’s meeting, newly appointed ACIP chair Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D., leaned into the controversy surrounding U.S. vaccine policy following the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, ...
Why is thimerosal back on the CDC's agenda when it's barely in flu shots anymore?
Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Sen. Cassidy Wants ACIP Meeting Delayed; Acting CDER Head Leaving; Hep A Outbreak
Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), called for this week's planned meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization ...
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Experts Say Axed ACIP Members’ Conflicts of Interest Are ‘a Red Herring’
In advance of this week's CDC vaccine advisory meeting, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. restacked the committee, claiming ...