US CDC reports five-fold increase in weekly measles cases as Texas outbreak grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 ...
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about RFK Jr. targeting CDC and FDA advisers, a Pfizer gene therapy, and more
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is preparing to remove committee members who advise the government on vaccine approvals ...
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An awkward moment for Pfizer’s Bourla in Washington
The future of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee seems uncertain: A scheduled February meeting for the ACIP, which advises ...
CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS
A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously ...
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HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’
The CDC was ordered to shelve promotions it developed for a variety of vaccines after Health Secretary RFK Jr. said he wants ...
A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, gets postponed
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for next week — the first since ...
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Should You Take Tamiflu? Your Questions About the Antiviral Medication, Answered
The U.S. is in a severe flu season, and antiviral medications such as Tamiflu can help if you get sick—but it's not recommended for everyone. Here's what you need to know about the medication.
OD Deaths Decline in U.S., Driven By Drop In Opioid Fatalities
Drug overdose deaths (OD) decreased by 4% between 2022 and 2023, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics ...
Vaccine safety panel long criticized by RFK Jr. told to postpone meeting
Health and Human Services officials said the postponement was to accommodate public comment ahead of the meeting but experts decried the delay.
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8,000 pregnant women may die in just 90 days because of US aid cuts
Trump says he wants to make IVF more accessible, but his administration’s other actions are putting reproductive freedom at ...
State representatives and healthcare advocates rally against layoffs at Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Roughly 700 employees are believed to be impacted by the layoffs mandated by the current administration's Department of ...
CDC vaccine panel delayed after Robert F Kennedy assumes top US health job
Kennedy was approved as HHS secretary by the Senate last week in a 52-48 vote, with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, a polio survivor, casting the only dissenting vote from his party. Kennedy ...