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A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.
Dr. Fiona Havers is influential among researchers who study immunizations. The wholesale dismissal of the agency’s scientific ...
The new composition of the committee reflects what can happen when ideology and cronyism replace competence, expertise, and ...
The members of a key federal vaccine advisory panel who were unceremoniously dismissed earlier this month said the recent actions of the Trump administration have “critically weakened” ...
The interim leadership of the CDC held its first all-hands meeting of the Trump administration, and STAT listened in.
Skepticism should be what scientists bring to the table, but a bias against safety, effectiveness of a vaccine is a ...
Paul Offit knows vaccines. A trained doctor, he spent 26 years working in pediatric infectious disease and studying the ...
Following HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision last week to purge the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization ...
Kennedy dismissed the entire committee on June 9, accusing the former members of lacking public trust and being "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," despite the committee's transparent ...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Although vaccines may have a tougher time winning the endorsement of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s actions at the CDC “put U.S. families at risk of dangerous and preventable illnesses,” they say.