Hep B vaccination rates for newborns have declined sharply, fueling renewed debate over safety, ethics, and public health policy. A canceled CDC-backed study in Guinea-Bissau has intensified scrutiny from both critics and vaccine advocates.
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The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel will address COVID-19 vaccine injuries and its recommendation process at its upcoming meeting. The agenda comes amid lawsuits, injury claims, and growing scrutiny of federal vaccine policy.
An FDA-funded study found higher febrile seizure risk shortly after Moderna COVID vaccination in young children. Researchers examined insurance data and post-vaccine reports.
Researchers published a major review outlining biological mechanisms by which aluminum adjuvants in vaccines may contribute to autism in genetically susceptible children.
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…


















