Axelrod on RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves
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A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change U.S. policy on covid vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others.
The consists of scientists, public-health experts and physicians, including one criticized for spreading COVID-19 misinformation, conspiracy theories.
The FDA expanded its approval of Moderna's RSV vaccine on Thursday to include adults under age 60 at increased risk of the disease.
Robert Malone, who believes the U.S. government has “reality-bending information-control capabilities,” will guide the future of American medical care.
Moderna's shares fell 2.3% on Friday on concerns about whether a new CDC advisory panel would back the use of the company's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in a broader age group. The mRNA-based RSV shot,
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(Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s surprise ouster of a national vaccine advisory board, claiming it was "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," puts new scrutiny on the group that recommends which shots should be administered to the American public.
A day after abruptly firing a key vaccine panel, RFK Jr. said he would reconstitute it with “highly credentialed" experts amid backlash.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s panel of outside vaccine experts Wednesday, two days after firing all 17 of its members.
After federal health officials made abrupt changes to US Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women last month, there’s new confusion and uncertainty about who can get the shots — and some reports that patients were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated.