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fromScary Mommy
18 hours ago

A Federal Judge Just Blocked All Of RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Changes

Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued an order to stay Secretary Kennedy's appointments to the ACIP committee, stating the appointments were likely made in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which prohibits the appointment of special interest advocates to government advisory panels.
Public health
Public health
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.'s health work as a failure

HHS Secretary Kennedy is politicizing major health agencies, undermining vaccine recommendations, funding unethical research, and abandoning critical disease monitoring and promising medical research.
Public health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii formed the West Coast Health Alliance to issue vaccine guidance and challenge perceived politicization and anti-vaccine influence at federal health agencies.
fromFortune
6 months ago

The new head of the CDC has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory

Monarez's lawyers said she refused "to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts." O'Neill takes over as acting director of an agency that has been rocked by firings, resignations and efforts by Kennedy to reshape the nation's vaccine policies to match his long-standing suspicions about the safety and effectiveness of long-established shots.
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Coronavirus
fromThe Washington Post
6 months ago

New FDA coronavirus vaccine rules bring U.S. closer to other countries

U.S. narrowed COVID vaccine approvals to high-risk groups and people 65+, aligning with international risk-based vaccination policies and prompting confusion and resignations.
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