Inside the FDA鈥檚 Vaccine Uproar
An internal email claiming covid vaccines killed children triggered a formal response from a dozen past FDA commissioners. The email, sent by the head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, outlines a framework that could have significant impact on the nation鈥檚 vaccine policies.
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Ese mismo a帽o, m谩s de 45.000 personas murieron por violencia con armas de fuego.
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A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They鈥檙e Running US Health Policy.
Fueled by covid backlash, a libertarian author created the Brownstone Institute in 2021. In recent months, people with ties to the group have catapulted to the highest levels of U.S. government, exercising significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
Conflicting Advice on Covid Shots Likely To Ding Already Low Vaccine Rates, Experts Warn
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from the government and trusted medical organizations about the value of a shot.
Is Covid During Pregnancy Linked to Autism? What a New Study Shows, and What It Doesn’t
Massachusetts researchers examine how growth and learning are subtly shaped among children whose mothers had covid while pregnant.
Para quienes tienen en su agenda de oto帽o vacunarse contra enfermedades respiratorias 鈥攃ovid, gripe y, para algunas personas, virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS) 鈥 este a帽o puede resultar sorprendentemente normal.
Amid Confusion Over US Vaccine Recommendations, States Try To 鈥楻estore Trust鈥
The decisions by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices matter, because insurers and federal programs rely on them, but they are not binding. States can follow the recommendations, or not.
RFK Jr. Said 鈥楨verybody Can Get鈥 a Covid Vaccine. Is That True?
Although the FDA has approved the vaccines for anyone 65 or older and anyone at least 6 months old who is at risk of a severe covid infection, barriers to coverage and access persist.
What the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News: On Capitol Hill, RFK Defends Firings at CDC
A combative Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, appeared before a Senate committee Thursday, defending his firing of the newly confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as other changes that could limit the availability of vaccines. Meanwhile, Congress has only a few weeks to complete work on annual spending bills to avoid a possible government shutdown and to ward off potentially large increases in premiums for Affordable Care Act health plans. Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Tony Leys, who discusses his 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 report about a woman鈥檚 unfortunate interaction with a bat 鈥 and her even more unfortunate interaction with the bill for her rabies prevention treatment.
Watch: How Controversies Over Vaccine Changes Affect You
C茅line Gounder, 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 editor-at-large for public health, discusses leadership changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and concerns over vaccine policy.
At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 push to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is more than an administrative shake-up. It marks a major offensive by Kennedy to seize control of the agency and impose an anti-science agenda, public health leaders say.
Sorting Out Covid Vaccine Confusion: New and Conflicting Federal Policies Raise Questions
Should you get vaccinated? Will your insurer pay for it? And will you still be able to find a vaccine? 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News tries to sort out where things stand.
Aclarando la confusi贸n sobre las vacunas contra covid-19
Las agencias dentro del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales聽responsables de especificar qui茅n debe vacunarse no est谩n necesariamente sincronizadas, emitiendo recomendaciones en apariencia contradictorias.
What the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News: Next on Kennedy鈥檚 List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, is eyeing an overhaul of two more key entities as part of his ongoing effort to reshape health policy. And President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that would enable localities to force some homeless people into residential treatment. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews Sara Rosenbaum, one of the nation鈥檚 leading experts on Medicaid, to mark Medicaid鈥檚 60th anniversary this week.
Dual Threats From Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers
Understaffed nursing homes face a workforce crisis if President Donald Trump and Republicans further curtail immigration and cut Medicaid.
Kennedy鈥檚 HHS Sent Congress 鈥楯unk Science鈥 To Defend Vaccine Changes, Experts Say
A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.
Para apoyar el cambio en la pol铆tica nacional sobre las vacunas contra covid-19, el HHS envi贸 a legisladores un documento que cita estudios controversiales, y tergiversa otros.
In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say
The Trump administration is eroding national pandemic flu defenses as it guts health agencies, cuts research and health budgets, and withdraws funding for bird flu vaccines, health security experts said.
Expertos advirtieron que Estados Unidos podr铆a pasar a depender de otros pa铆ses en el caso de una pr贸xima pandemia.
