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RFK Jr. attacks pediatricians’ group over vaccine recommendations  Politico US pediatric group breaks with CDC advice, recommends COVID vaccines for young children  USA Today In break with current CDC recommendations, leading pediatrics group recommends Covid-19 shots for young children  CNN Leading pediatrician group recommends COVID vaccine for infants, toddlers in contrast with RFK Jr.  ABC News School reopenings bring more vaccine confusion  Axios Source link

The fall is coming and, with it, school. As parents, we have all the usual concerns. Did my kid get the best homeroom teacher? Do we have the right pencils? When is pajama day, and can they please give us more notice this year? To this, many parents have added a new worry: Is my child’s class now full of …

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as he attends a press conference with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz to discuss health insurance reform, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in …

Vaccine panel fired by Kennedy had lowest rate of financial conflicts since 2000, study shows  Reuters Healthy Returns: New study casts doubts on RFK Jr.’s reasons for gutting key vaccine panel  CNBC Conflicts on vaccine panels were at record lows before Kennedy’s firings  NBC News Conflicts of interest among federal vaccine advisors were ‘historically low’ through 2024  Endpoints News A Former Member of ACIP …

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging that children as young as six months and up to 23 months old receive the Covid-19 vaccine – a position that diverges from the current federal guidance given by the Trump administration’s health agencies. The AAP released its updated childhood immunization schedule, which outlines recommendations for vaccines against Covid-19, influenza and RSV …

CSL to lay off up to 15% of workforce, cut R&D costs and spin out vaccine unit  Fierce Biotech CSL to Spin Off Seqirus, Cut Up to 15% of Staff in Sweeping Restructure – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal CSL Shares Slump as Disappointing Profit Eclipses Spinoff  Bloomberg.com CSL shares dive as biotech firm flags more than 3,000 job cuts — as it …

Somalia faces diphtheria surge amid vaccine shortages and aid cuts  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. The group’s new COVID-19 recommendations — released Tuesday — come amid a tumultuous year for public health, as vaccine skeptics have come into power in the new Trump administration and government guidance has become increasingly confusing. …

Modern vaccines have saved over 150 million lives. Yet misinformation about them can still have deadly consequences. A gunman recently opened fire at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, wrongly believing that the coronavirus vaccine had caused his depression. Public health is increasingly being threatened by the spread of dangerous misinformation. In fact, there have been several …

Texas school districts are coming back from summer with a rising number of parents asking for vaccine exemption forms and a new law that will make those documents even easier to obtain. Combined with funding cuts to public vaccination programs, chilling effects of immigration policies on health care, and the wearying battle by school nurses to balance parental consent and …