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Kennedy's move to reshape ACIP, which advises the CDC on who should get vaccines after they are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is the most far-reaching in a series of actions to reshape U.S. regulation of vaccines, food and medicine. Scientists and experts said the changes would undermine public confidence in health agencies.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization schedule for "healthy children and pregnant women" -- a move that could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.
RFK Jr said he 'couldn't be more pleased' to make the announcement, adding that it was 'common sense' and 'good science.' The move reverses previous guidance which recommended the Covid vaccine to ...
Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 in a move ... “We’re going to see an increase in vaccine hesitancy, we’re going to see fewer people having access because it’s not covered, and we’re going ...
which can negatively impact their development," the group added. State health officials in New York didn't provide specifics about their plans to promote access to COVID-19 vaccines, if RFK Jr.'s ...
which can negatively impact their development," the group added. State health officials in New York didn't provide specifics about their plans to promote access to COVID-19 vaccines, if RFK Jr.'s ...
RFK, Jr made the announcement in a video where he stood alongside the NIH director Jay Bhattacharya and FDA commissioner Marty Makary. Notably, nobody from the CDC was present. The FDA approves ...