HHS Sec. RFK Jr's vaccine safety panel for the CDC voted to no longer recommend flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a controversial mercury-based preservative.
If the CDC adopts the recommendation, it will mark one of the first major changes in federal vaccine guidance and access as Kennedy embarks on his goal of remaking immunization policy in his image.
Former CDC vaccine Expert Dr. Fiona Havers railed against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision for a private citizen to come and give a presentation to his vaccine panel. Havers, who spent 13 years at the CDC, was a .. ...
Dr. Susan Monarez, Trump's nominee for CDC director, was grilled on Capitol Hill over her political independence and willingness "to disagree with political leaders based on scientific evidence."
The votes in favor of Merck's shot are a sigh of relief after Kennedy gutted the panel and tapped replacements, some of whom are well-known vaccine critics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reexamine current recommendations around childhood vaccination schedules and Hepatitis B immunizations, members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices announced during a meeting . ...
Earlier this year, a new variant of COVID-19 began spreading globally. Some of those infected with the new variant, nicknamed "Nimbus," reported an uncomfortable side effect known as "razor blade throat." By spring, the variant was present in the ...