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Fired CDC director warns of backslide in US vaccine science under RFK Jr

Ex-CDC Director Monarez says she was fired for refusing to approve vaccine policy changes without scientific review.

Al Jazeera

Ex-CDC director: RFK Jr. planning September vaccine changes

Any move to alter childhood vaccine recommendations would be highly controversial.

Axios

US health officials to revisit vaccine policies using anti-vax tactics, experts warn

Data public health experts say is worrisome will reportedly be presented to ACIP later this week before vote on shots

The Guardian - US

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Robert Kennedy Jr. Packs CDC Panel With Vaccine Skeptics Ahead of Key Vote On COVID-19 Shots

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has added five new members to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, just days before it reconvenes to vote on COVID-19 shots and other routine pediatric vaccine recommendations.

Benzinga

Confused About the New COVID Vaccine and Medicare? What You Need to Know

Getting the new COVID-19 vaccine covered by Medicare isn't as easy this year as it was in the past. Here's what you need to know before you take a trip to your pharmacy.

Kiplinger

Kennedy's vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

The Independent UK

Kennedy adds vaccine advisers just before panel convenes - Roll Call

New appointees to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices include a skeptic of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trump team set to announce link between 25 child deaths and Covid shots: report

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet next week as it considers new recommendations for the Covid-19 shot

The Independent UK

RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States

The CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is in shambles. And that is all thanks to one man

The Guardian - US

Fact checking Robert F Kennedy’s statements to Senate on COVID, vaccines

Robert F Kennedy Jr disputed claims by US senators on health policies, COVID-19 vaccines, and antidepressants.

Al Jazeera

RFK Jr critic Paul Offit removed from FDA vaccine advisory committee

Offit, long-serving vaccine scientist, says he was not given a reason for dismissal after initially being offered extension

The Guardian - US

What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall

In a move praised by RFK Jr, the FDA approved a new shot, but only for some people – here’s what to know about who can get them, and where

The Guardian - US

‘I only see harm coming’: Top CDC official who quit over RFK Jr policies says he fears more attacks on vaccines still to come

Demetre Daskalakis warns that the new acting CDC director will only serve Robert F. Kennedy Jr

The Independent UK

RFK Jr says he’ll ‘fix’ a vaccine program - by canceling compensation for people with vaccine injuries

Changes to an injury compensation program could make it hard to keep vaccines on the market – or make new ones

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Al Jazeera

Who can get updated COVID-19 vaccines in the US now?

FDA has approved COVID shots for people aged 65+ and at high risk; others need a doctor’s order.

The Independent UK

With CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work

The CDC is in turmoil, with outside groups stepping in to handle work once done by the agency

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’

Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoil

The Independent UK

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is getting more and more difficult. Here’s why

It depends on your age, insurance coverage, health and finding a health care professional who will give you the shot

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The Conversation

How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world

Vaccines are one of the greatest public health success stories of all time. Over the past 50 years, they’ve saved an estimated 154 million lives. But in the US, both access to vaccines and public trust in them are being systematically undermined – not by conspiracy theorists online, but from…

The Independent UK

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups

U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations

The Independent UK

Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned

Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become

The Guardian - US

US medical groups fill gap with own vaccine guides amid ‘information crisis’

As official health guidance changes, scientific groups are stepping in with evidence-based recommendations

The Guardian - US

‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines

Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall

The Guardian - US

Nurse on new CDC vaccine panel said to have been ‘anti-vax longer than RFK’

Vicky Pebsworth has spent decades saying vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection refuted by years of research

Al Jazeera

What is Thimerosal, vaccine preservative called ‘toxic’ by US health chief?

The mercury-based preservative was removed from most vaccines in 2001. Should it still be a concern today?

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