Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- US flu activity fell for a second week. But experts worry the season is far from over - The U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity, according to the latest government data released Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted data — for flu activity
- How America Loses Vaccine Access - America could all but lose vaccine access. Here’s how.
- Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S. - The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care.
- R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s - The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
- An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns - A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.
- Vaccine Advisory Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns - After heated disagreements, the committee members, appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delayed the vote until Friday morning. It was the third time the vote had been postponed.
- Inside RFK Jr.’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System - The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.
- RFK Jr ready to make major changes to when children get vaccines including delaying shots for newborns: report - An advisory panel assembled by RFK Jr is scheduled to vote on the dose recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine given to newborns
- Vaccine Committee May Make Significant Changes to Childhood Schedule - Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to delay hepatitis B shots and discuss revising the use of other vaccines.