Despite President Donald Trump dismantling DEI programs across the federal government, the CDC continues promoting a tool critics say enables race-based discrimination. The Social Vulnerability Index is now being used nationwide to deprioritize predominantly white neighborhoods under the guise of “equity.”
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by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Citing disagreements about the vote’s language, the committee advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines today voted to delay until…
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. After decades of claiming unequivocally that vaccines do not cause autism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday updated its webpage…
by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. Babies and children who lack paper vaccination records sometimes receive two or three times the number of vaccines recommended by the Centers for…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. When the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee meets on Thursday, its members may revise the committee’s current policy recommending that every newborn in the U.S. receive the…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. In a contentious Senate hearing today, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. engaged in fiery exchanges with senators on both sides…
By Bonchie A major shake-up is occurring at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Wednesday, CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired after just a month…
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. Two doctors who lost their medical licenses because they questioned the CDC’s vaccine recommendations for children are suing the agency for failing to…
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. Six medical organizations are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and several other public health officials and agencies over recent changes to…
by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. The CDC’s new advisory committee today announced plans to look at the cumulative effect of all vaccines given during childhood. Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D.,…
By Danielle The revamped Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the vaccine schedule, will…
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who helped shape national vaccine policy for respiratory viruses, resigned Monday.…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Tuesday’s announcement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. As of today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for children and healthy…
by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends pregnant women get at least four vaccines: COVID-19, flu, whooping cough and respiratory syncytial…
By Brooke Mallory Beijing claims that the COVID-19 pandemic—which brought global society to a standstill, shuttered businesses and instilled fear in millions, ultimately contributing…
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. A California pediatrician is suing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over a federal program that requires doctors in her state…
by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering pulling the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for…