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Dr. Rana Alissa was caring for sick infants at the hospital where she works when she received a call from a colleague with “bad news.” Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, her colleague said, announced that Florida would become the first state in the country to make school vaccinations optional. Specifically, vaccines for diseases such as hepatitis B, chickenpox, Hib, influenza, …

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday its intent to fund among the first Trump administration-solicited research on a debunked link between vaccines and autism. The contract — which supports research to “investigate the association between vaccination and autism prevalence” — will be awarded to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, should the contract be finalized. The contract …

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive COVID-19 vaccines at pharmacies without individual prescriptions. Unlike past years, access to COVID-19 vaccines has become complicated in 2025, largely because federal guidance does not recommend them for nearly everyone this …

BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on the nation’s vaccine-leery health secretary to promote vaccinations. “In my state of Louisiana, we are experiencing the worst pertussis outbreak in 35 years. The outbreak has already killed two babies,” Cassidy wrote to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy …

(RALEIGH) To increase access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for those who so choose, Governor Josh Stein earlier today directed the State Health Director, Dr. Larry Greenblatt, to issue Standing Orders if, in his medical judgment, it advances the public health. Dr. Greenblatt, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Chief Medical Officer and State Health Director, …

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to a government procurement notice. The Troy, New York, engineering school is getting the no-bid contract because of its “unique ability” to link data on children and mothers, according to the notice …

Florida residents struggling to get COVID vaccines after federal changes  Tampa Bay Times They want COVID shots to protect their health or family. They can’t get them  NPR Va. Department of Health issues order to ease COVID-19 vaccine access, as federal guidance shifts  Virginia Mercury Virginia makes it easier to access covid vaccines as virus cases rise  The Washington Post COVID vaccine chaos: Even …

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina on Friday joined the growing list of Democratic officials who have signed orders intended to ensure most residents can receive COVID-19 vaccines at pharmacies without individual prescriptions. Unlike past years, access to COVID-19 vaccines has become complicated in 2025, largely because federal guidance does not recommend them for nearly everyone this …

RFK Jr.’s CDC and RPI to study already disproven link between autism and vaccines  Axios HHS to have Rensselaer investigate question of autism-vaccine link  statnews.com US CDC to award research contract on vaccines and autism  Reuters US CDC Intends to Fund Investigation Into Vaccines and Autism  Bloomberg.com CDC to offer contract to study link between vaccines and autism  Seeking Alpha Source link

Virginia makes it easier to access covid vaccines as virus cases rise  The Washington Post Va. Department of Health issues order to ease COVID-19 vaccine access, as federal guidance shifts  Virginia Mercury ‘The chaos is the point’: tumult as Covid vaccine boosters deployed under RFK Jr  The Guardian Some South Carolinians may now need prescription to get COVID-19 vaccine  Live 5 News COVID vaccine …