Flu, Vaccine

RFK Jr.’s FDA Abruptly Cancels Flu Vaccine Meeting With No Explanation
A seminal, annual meeting updating advisers on next season’s influenza vaccines was abruptly canceled by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was slated to meet on March 13,
RFK Jr. promptly cancels vaccine advisory meeting, pulls flu shot campaign
Kennedy Jr. became the country's top health official, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already pulled back some of its efforts to protect Americans with safe, lifesaving vaccines. The agency has indefinitely postponed a public meeting of its vaccine advisory committee and killed a campaign promoting seasonal flu shots.
RFK Jr.-led CDC kills flu shot campaign, cancels major vaccination conference
Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” —  which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu seasons in
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
FDA cancels vaccine advisory meeting for choosing flu strains for next season's shots
It comes as RFK Jr., a vaccine skeptic who now leads the Department of Health and Human Services, makes moves that could affect vaccination uptake and policy.
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RFK Jr.’s dangerous misuse of ‘informed consent’ on vaccines
Giving people an uncontextualized list of possible vaccine side effects is not the kind of "informed consent" worth promoting ...
Healthy Returns: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is making early moves that may affect vaccine access
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making moves that could affect immunization uptake and policy in the U.S., while Oracle submits a ...
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What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says About Black Folks and Vaccines Should Keep You Up at Night
The newly confirmed Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has some controversial opinions on health that ...
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Will RFK Jr. gut US vaccine policy? Here’s what to watch for
The coming weeks and months will offer clues about the direction Kennedy will take US vaccine policy–signs as to whether ...
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HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’
The CDC was ordered to shelve promotions it developed for a variety of vaccines after Health Secretary RFK Jr. said he wants ...
RFK Jr. tells staff he will 'investigate' childhood vaccine schedule, anti-depression drugs
Robert F Kennedy Jr. said he plans to investigate whether childhood vaccinations and anti-depression medications are among ...
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RFK Jr. prepares shake-up of vaccine advisers
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is preparing to remove members of the outside committees that advise the federal government on vaccine approvals and other key public health decisions ...
RFK Jr. pauses Peninsula company's oral Covid vaccine clinical trial
A recent modification to the contract would have allowed Vaxart to invoice BARDA for the remaining $230 million or so for ...