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CDC Slashes Vaccine Recommendations for Children, Alarming Health Experts
“We can no longer trust … our federal government for credible information about vaccines,” one critic said.
Mehmet Oz Downplays Flu Shots as Hospitalizations Surge Across US
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head pushed dubious MAHA strategies for dealing with the flu instead.
HHS Cuts Children’s Health Grants After Pediatric Association Criticizes RFK Jr.
An internal HHS official flagged “identity-based language,” referencing a line discussing “racism and poverty.”
FDA Opts Out of Widely Condemned Plan for “Black Box” Warnings on COVID Shots
Officials said they were considering such a move last week, but the plan was widely condemned by health experts.
Kennedy’s Hand-Picked Vaccine Panel Votes to End Hepatitis B Shots for Newborns
Childhood infections have fallen by 99 percent since the vaccine was recommended, with hardly any major side effects.
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Illustrates Danger of Vaccine Misinformation
A confluence of larger national trends threaten communities with reemergence of a preventable, potentially deadly virus.
CDC Rewrites Vaccine-Autism Page, Echoing Kennedy’s Anti-Science Views
“Today is a tragic day for public health,” one health expert said in response to the changes.
Pissed-Off Doctors Aren’t Enough to Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Health
Organizing in the South shows everyday people must step in when a society lurches off its rails.
6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation
The bipartisan group of surgeons general included Democratic and Republican appointees dating back to the early 1990s.
FDA’s Arbitrary Restrictions on Vaccines Are Right Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook
Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.