Health Dec 04 WATCH: RFK's CDC panel votes to end hepatitis B shot recommendation for all newborns at birth The U.S. government has long advised that all babies be immunized against hepatitis B right after birth. But on Friday, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted to do away with that recommendation.
Health Dec 03 WATCH: RFK Jr.'s CDC panel delays vote on hepatitis B shots for newborns A federal vaccine advisory committee on Thursday voted to delay until Friday a decision on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.
Health Nov 20 CDC 'vaccine safety' webpage changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.
Health Nov 12 Global tuberculosis cases rise to a record, but deaths fall, reports WHO The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total.
Health Sep 23 CDC report says 'nightmare bacteria' cases are increasing in U.S. Government scientists say infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” have been increasing dramatically.
Politics Sep 19 WATCH: Kennedy's vaccine advisers decline to recommend COVID shot for all Americans In a series of votes, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t specifically recommend vaccination but said people could make individual decisions.
Health Sep 17 WATCH: RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a combination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella.
Health Sep 05 WHO chief says mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a global health emergency The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency's director said Friday.
Politics Sep 03 Trump administration agrees to restore federal health data and websites in lawsuit settlement Soon after President Donald Trump's inauguration, federal health officials deleted or removed information on a range of topics including pregnancy risks, opioid-use disorder and the AIDS epidemic. The move was made in reaction to a Trump executive order that told agencies to…
Politics Sep 03 WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump's health care agenda before the Senate Finance Committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Thursday, about — among other things — turmoil at federal health agencies and efforts to pull back recommendations for COVID-19 vaccinations.