Month: June 2025

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Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America

Vaccines Federal agencies Children’s health Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established science and practices, and limits on vaccines that have been studied for decades. The first meeting of new […]

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What to know about thimerosal, a target of RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine advisers

Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A century ago, one of the biggest safety concerns about vaccines involved bacterial contamination. In 1916, four young children died in South Carolina after receiving typhoid vaccine that had been contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Twelve years later, […]

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Former leader of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr. to present at first meeting of new CDC vaccine advisers

Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense will present this week on thimerosal in flu vaccines at a meeting of the newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according […]

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Two years after train derailment, NIH to commission longer-term health studies of East Palestine residents

Train accidents See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that it will fund longer-term health studies of the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after a 2023 train derailment that sent more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air. The […]

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Trump administration to end 988 suicide prevention specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth in July

LGBTQ issues Mental health Donald Trump Media See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth will no longer be operation starting July 17, according to a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]

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New federal Covid-19 vaccine policies are already keeping some people from getting shots

Vaccines Respiratory viruses Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow After federal health officials made abrupt changes to US Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women last month, there’s new confusion and uncertainty about who can get the shots — and some reports that patients were turned away when […]