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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong

In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast doubt on their safety and on the objectivity of long-standing processes established to evaluate them.

The Conversation

Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. Overhauls CDC Vaccine Panel, Sparking Expert Backlash, Boycott From Top Medical Group

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly reconstituted vaccine advisory panel is facing criticism from medical experts and former federal officials after its first meeting strayed sharply from established scientific review norms.

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RFK’s vaccine panel to spend days discussing and voting on an ingredient we barely use anymore

The vaccine advisory panel will vote on whether to ban a preservative called thimerosal

The Independent UK

FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots

U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines

The Independent UK

US to stop funding global vaccine alliance Gavi, health secretary says

The announcement from Robert F Kennedy Jr comes as his controversial CDC vaccine panel meets for the first time.

Al Jazeera

Member of RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel withdraws over conflict of interest

Dr Michael Ross was involved in multiple private healthcare firms and withdrew after a review of financial holdings

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CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing

CDC nominee Susan Monarez says she values vaccines and rigorous scientific evidence but has largely sidestepped questions about widespread cuts to the agency and whether she disagreed with any of Health Secretary Robert F

The Independent UK

First meeting of new CDC vaccine panel reveals policy chaos sown by RFK Jr

Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of whom are critical of immunizations

The Guardian - US

The Latest: NATO leaders agree on spending hike, vow to defend each other

NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked

The Independent UK

CDC’s overhauled vaccine panel presses on despite concerns - Roll Call

Public health community has raised concerns about how the newly-picked vaccine panel may influence decisions going forward.

Roll Call

CDC nominee deflects questions over Kennedy's vaccine decisions - Roll Call

Susan Monarez declined to distance herself from the handling of the U.S. measles outbreak by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Roll Call

Kennedy's new vaccine advisers meet for first time

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

The Independent UK

GOP senator who voted for RFK Jr despite misgivings is now calling for stop to Trump HHS boss’ vaccine panel

Health secretary removed all members of vaccine advisory panel and added several vaccine skeptics

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International Business Times UK

Is Heat Exhaustion Life Threatening? Yes, About 1,220 Americans Die From It Each Year — Here's How To Stay Safe

Heat exhaustion can be deadly if ignored, killing over 1,200 people annually in the US. Learn how to recognise the symptoms and stay safe during extreme heat.

Reason

Abortion Rates Keep Rising After Dobbs

Strict abortion bans do not seem to be seriously stopping abortions.

The Guardian - US

CDC vaccine panel to review ingredient RFK Jr has targeted for removal

ACIP panel to discuss influenza vaccines that contain thimerosal, which Kennedy called ‘dangerous’ in 2014 book

The Guardian - US

Pandemic preparedness ‘dramatically eroding’ under Trump, experts say

With misinformation and murky details on bird flu and measles outbreaks, experts worry about the next pandemic

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Reason

Review: A Doctor Changes His Mind About Opioid Prescriptions

In Greed to Do Good, a former CDC physician calls the agency's war on opioids a disaster.

The Independent UK

Cervical cancer rates soaring in deprived areas after low vaccine uptake

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed that low vaccine uptake among children is leaving many women vulnerable to cervical cancer.

Latin Times

Vaccine Expert Warns 'Americans Are Going to Die' as RFK Jr. Seeks to Replace Advisers He Fired

A senior vaccine expert at the CDC has resigned in protest, warning that RFK Jr.'s sweeping changes to vaccine policy and leadership endanger public health.

The Independent UK

New CDC advisers will skip some expected topics and explore a target of antivaccine activists

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

The Independent UK

Drug overdoses are increasing for the first time in years and health experts are trying to figure out why

Street drug overdoses rise for the first time in 17 months, a new report from the CDC states.

We Got This Covered

‘Americans are going to die’: Vaccine expert leaves CDC as RFK Jr. fires anyone with sense

It's like we can't trust the CDC anymore.

International Business Times UK

Teen's Sudden Death From Rare Infection Shocks South Carolina Community: What Is Meningococcemia

William 'Will' Hand—an eighth-standard student and an athlete—died in early June of rare bacterial infection known as meningococcemia, also called meningococcal septicemia.

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