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FDA Approves New Drug âThat Reversesâ Effectsâ Of Narcan
SILVER SPRING, MDâPraising the drugâs ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nationâs opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...
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Insurance coverage of hepatitis B vaccine wonât change, industry and officials say | CNN
Parents will still be able to get the hepatitis B vaccine for their children at no cost even though the US Centers for Disease and Control Preventionâs vaccine advisers recommended a major change to t...
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RFK Jr.âs vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geekâs dream: hours of long, maybe dreary presentation of extensive data
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CDC Panelâs Hepatitis B Vaccine Vote Undid Decades of Progress
In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes US vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B vaccination shortly after birth.
www.bloomberg.com
CDC Panelâs Hepatitis B Vaccine Vote Undid Decades of Progress
In a stunning decision that defies all expert advice and scientific evidence, the influential group that shapes US vaccine policy will no longer recommend that all infants receive the hepatitis B vacc...
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Project 2025 was about speed. People naively believed they could dodge giving a Black-South Asian woman power and be fine for four years.
www.latimes.com
Commentary: Is RFK Jr. better on women's health than Newsom? We're about to find out
Halle Berry called out Gov. Gavin Newsom for vetoing a bill guaranteeing women access to menopause treatment. Earlier, the Trump administration removed 'black box' warnings from hormone therapy drugs.
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New NIH Policies Make It Easier to End Grants, Ignore Peer Review
Also, long-time AIDS leader was reassigned
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Hepatitis vaccines credited as life-saving for Alaska children may be upended
Hepatitis B, once rampant in Indigenous villages, has been brought under control in the state, but a CDC advisory committee voted to drop the vaccine recommendation for newborns.
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RFK Jr.âs vaccine advisory panel is beset by incompetence, bias, and procedural chaos
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) meetings used to be a geekâs dream: hours of long, maybe dreary presentation of extensive data
Dr. Zachary Rubin@rubinallergy.bsky.social
This is like announcing you won a marathon because you thought about running one.
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West Coast health experts reject RFK Jr. panel, say hepatitis B vaccines at birth should continue
âThe West Coast Health Alliance grounds its decisions in facts, data and expert consensus,â Gov. Tina Kotek said.
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Opinion | The CDCâs change to hepatitis B vaccination is even worse than it seems
The new recommendations portend even more harmful shifts ahead.
www.washingtonpost.com
Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement
Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDCâs immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.
www.politico.com
RFK Jr. ally, anti-vaccine lawyer to brief CDC vaccine meeting
Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy criticized the decision to invite Aaron Siri, who worked with Kennedy on vaccine-related lawsuits, to present at the CDC meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com
Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement
Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDCâs immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.
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Olivia Nuzzi to leave Vanity Fair amid troubled book rollout
The former New York Magazine journalist has been ostracized in Washington since her allegedly unethical dalliance with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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In Massachusetts visit, Trumpâs NIH chief defends move to prioritize funding research in places like Iowa, Nebraska - The Boston Globe
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Globe that he wants "scientists at every institution to be able to compete on the same level playing fields with the brilliant scientists here in Massachusetts."
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