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HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...
Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...
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Former top CDC vaccine expert on why she resigned in protest over firing of advisory panel
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of a key vaccine advisory panel and handpicked eight new members, ...
Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children
RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against ...
CDC scientists push back on vaccine presentations casting doubt on immunization safety
At the start of an unprecedented meeting of vaccine committee of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ...
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'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening
The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell ...
New CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Merck RSV antibody protection for babies
A group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 5-2 to recommend use of a new shot ...
New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative
A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...
CDC nominee defends Kennedy shakeup of vaccine advisers
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent move to replace a federal panel of vaccine advisers ...
CDC vaccine advisory panel to study child immunization schedule, recommends RSV shot for babies
The CDC's vaccine advisory committee said it will study the childhood immunization schedule in the first meeting featuring HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s hand-selected members.