After canceling meeting of independent advisers, FDA issues 2025-26 flu vaccine recommendations
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued recommendations for the composition of influenza shots for the ...
US FDA makes recommendations for influenza vaccines to manufacturers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be ...
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How CDC nominee Dave Weldon’s support for anti-vaccine theories runs long and deep
Unlike President Trump's picks to lead other health agencies who established their conservative bona fides during the ...
Trump’s NIH and FDA nominees advance to full Senate vote
Two of President Donald Trump’s key public health nominations advanced at the committee level Thursday morning, moving them ...
White House withdraws vaccine critic Weldon for CDC director
The White House withdrew President Donald Trump's nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon ...
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White House withdraws nomination for CDC director; Senate committee advances NIH, FDA picks
The White House March 13 withdrew the nomination of former Republican congressman Dave Weldon for director of the Centers for ...
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New CDC Leadership Highly Unlikely to End Its Nicotine Misinformation
As a confirmation hearing for a new CDC head approaches, its shameful record of impeding smoking cessation will almost ...
Senate panel OKs Makary’s nomination as FDA commissioner
Committee voted Thursday to advance Marty Makary’s nomination as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He ...
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100 fired CDC employees press RFK Jr. to rehire them, citing shifting guidance
In a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 100 former CDC employees say due process was not followed in firing them and seek reinstatement.
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Federal health officials want to hear from you about vaccines. Give them an earful.
If the FDA and CDC sit on their hands, next season the flu shot will be a lot more expensive, if you can find it at all. That’s a deadly proposition. News that federal health officials canceled ...
Trump team yanks Dave Weldon’s nomination to lead CDC an hour before Senate confirmation hearing
Trump team yanks Dave Weldon’s nomination to lead CDC an hour before Senate confirmation hearing - Weldon, a former ...
Altimmune to test obesity drug for alcohol use disorder and related health conditions
Altimmune said on Thursday that it plans to test its lead experimental obesity drug, pemvidutide, to potentially treat ...