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For two years, a panel of scientific experts, clinicians, and patient advocates had been hammering out ways to increase community engagement in National Institutes of Health-funded science. When they presented their road map to the NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya last week, he praised it for addressing a top priority: rebuilding public trust in clinical research. Which made it all the …

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. On Friday, vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to specifically recommend the shots but said people could make individual decisions on whether to get them. …

On Thursday and Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a key panel that gives the CDC’s director guidance about what vaccines to recommend to the public. The panel, in the end, postponed its most controversial vote and made recommendations that seemed aimed at fostering doubts about the Covid-19 …

ACIP member Retsef Levi points to a slide while speaking during a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. The federal vaccine advisory group, recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made recommendations Friday on the COVID vaccine. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images A …

A powerful committee that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine policy voted on Friday against recommending that people obtain a prescription for a Covid-19 vaccine. However, the panel also voted to recommend that people speak with a clinician before obtaining the shot and that coronavirus vaccinations should be based on “individual-based decision making”. The …

Vaccines Federal agencies New in medicine Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 11-1 to delay a vote on changes to a newborn hepatitis B shot. It was a surprise twist after a lengthy discussion on the hepatitis B vaccine typically delivered to newborns shortly after …

RFK Jr. vaccine advisers to consider coronavirus shot recommendations  The Washington Post CDC advisers vote to recommend against combo vaccine for young kids, delay vote on newborn hepatitis B shot  CNN CDC’s vaccine advisory panel to vote on hepatitis B, COVID-19 vaccines for fall season  CBS News CDC advisers vote to change guidance on MMRV vaccines  NPR RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on …

Kennedy advisers vote to change MMRV vaccine use in children  Reuters RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC vaccine advisers weigh changes to childhood vaccine schedule  CNN CDC panel recommends multiple shots for measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox instead of single vaccine  The Guardian CDC’s new advisers debate changing guidance on childhood vaccines  NPR CDC panel votes to push back MMRV vaccine recommendation to 4 years …

Five new advisers will join the vaccines committee for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) later this week, the agency and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday, in a move that underscores the increasingly anti-vaccine stance of the committee. Some of the new members have little to no documented experience with …

CDC advisers weigh first big change to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.  The Washington Post Head of RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC vaccine advisory panel to challenge former agency directors to debate  CNN Hepatitis B shot has been recommended to newborns for decades. Is that about to change?  USA Today How CDC’s vaccine advisers could affect policy. And, Jimmy Kimmel pulled off the …