By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s changes to federal vaccine policy are prompting medical organizations and several states to formulate their own vaccine recommendations for the fall respiratory illness season, concerned many healthy children and pregnant women could lose access to preventive shots. This push for an alternative standard…
LONDON (AP) — More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World Health…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees. He even thanked Mom’s Meals for sending taxpayer-funded meals “without additives” to the homes of sick or elderly Americans. The spreads include chicken bacon ranch…
Dr. Scott Gottlieb on HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel – CBS News Watch CBS News Dr. Scott Gottlieb served as FDA commissioner in President Trump’s first term, and is currently on the board at Pfizer and the chairman of the board at Illumina. He tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan”…
Former CDC director concerned over vaccine advisory panel changes – CBS News Watch CBS News A little-known vaccine advisory panel is now under scrutiny after changes from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Jon LaPook spoke to Dr. Richard Besser, former acting CDC director, about his concerns. Be the first to know Get browser…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s influential panel of vaccine advisers Thursday approved updated recommendations for a new shot for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. It is also set to vote on recommendations for this year’s influenza vaccine. Their votes mark the panel’s first official move after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F….
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hiring Lyn Redwood, a nurse and the former head of a group critics have denounced as anti-vaccine, to work in its vaccine safety office, multiple CDC officials tell CBS News. Redwood was the president of the group now called Children’s Health Defense, which lists as its founder…
By Amina Niasse and Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Health insurers are considering new expert sources to help determine which vaccines to pay for as anti-vaccine activist and now U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. begins to revise government recommendations for inoculations, according to multiple insurance industry insiders and experts. Last month, Kennedy dropped…
If the policies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aren’t reversed, “a lot of Americans are going to die as a result of vaccine-preventable diseases.” Unfortunately, that quote is not attributable to Chicken Little. Instead, it’s the opinion of Dr. Fiona Havers, formerly a top scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
STORY: In a school cafeteria in Tucson, Arizona, students weigh up their choices for lunch. Mandarin oranges, cherry tomatoes and butter lettuce are on offer. It’s a far cry from what parents remember of “mystery meat” school lunches from over 20 years ago… :: Lindsay Aguilar, Food Services Director, Tucson Unified School District “Whether it’s…