Jim O’Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, called for drastic changes to the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine that aren’t supported by medical research, intensifying the Trump administration’s criticism of a shot that’s a cornerstone of the childhood vaccination schedule. “I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe monovalent vaccines…
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ATLANTA — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants his handpicked panel of vaccine advisers to restore declining public trust in vaccines. What that looked like was on full display on Thursday and Friday: The 12-person committee, which includes several scientists and researchers who’ve questioned or spread misinformation about…
WASHINGTON — A government advisory committee voted unanimously Friday to recommend that individuals 6 months and older should discuss the risks and benefits of Covid-19 vaccines with their health care providers before deciding whether to get vaccinated. The decision, if signed off on by federal health leaders, would preserve insurance coverage for the shots, and…
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has agreed to push back a vote on changing the CDC recommendation for a birth dose of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine, as panellists were unhappy with the wording of the resolution. Having already voted unanimously that all pregnant women should be tested for hepatitis B as…
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has agreed to push back a vote on changing the CDC recommendation for a birth dose of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine, as panellists were unhappy with the wording of the resolution. Having already voted unanimously that all pregnant women should be tested for hepatitis B as…
A key government advisory committee will vote Wednesday on whether to recommend delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine shot, currently given to babies at birth, by at least one month. Experts fear delaying the shot would lead to more children developing chronic liver infections and complications, setting back decades of public health work that has…
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