Month: June 2025

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Kennedy names new members of CDC vaccine advisory panel days after removing previous advisers

Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Just two days after retiring the entirety of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several prominent critics of the government’s Covid-19 response to […]

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RFK Jr. removes all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed an expert panel of vaccine advisers that has historically guided the federal government’s vaccine recommendations, saying the group is “plagued with conflicts of interest.” The entirety of the 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the US Centers for Disease Control […]

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A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges

Maternal health Women’s health Abortion rights See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law. Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Truman says that although he personally […]

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Trump administration rolls back guidance specifying that ERs must offer abortion care when necessary

Abortion rights Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Tuesday that they were rescinding 2022 federal guidance to health care providers specifying that people should be able to access an abortion […]

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Pfizer CEO: HHS claims of ‘concealed safety concerns’ on mRNA vaccines are ‘completely inaccurate’

Vaccines Prescription drugs Federal agencies Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Pharmaceutical rivals don’t often come to each other’s defense. But after the US Department of Health and Human Services terminated a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop an mRNA bird flu vaccine, claiming that “mRNA technology remains under-tested,” […]