Health Sep 02 Pediatrician says RFK Jr. sowing doubt about measles-associated deaths By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas, David Bentley
Health Aug 28 Watch 5:53 Groundbreaking treatments and vaccines offer hope in fight against cancer There have been several promising developments lately in cancer research and treatment, including a new drug approved by the FDA this week for advanced pancreatic cancer. William Brangham reports. By William Brangham, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte
Politics Aug 27 AP report: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then a prominent anti-vaccine activist, preempted the 2019 visit with a letter to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the Pacific island nation’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after the deaths of two children who… By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Health Aug 17 U.S. school vaccination rates inch down again as exemptions reach record high It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate has reached a new record, and the vast majority are parents withholding shots for nonmedical reasons. By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Health Aug 14 Trump's vaccine order would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago Monday’s announcement by Trump calls for separating combination shots — including the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — into separate injections. By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press
Aug 12 Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line By Ali Swenson, Associated Press President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits. Continue reading
Aug 10 WATCH: Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccine recommendations By Ali Swenson, Associated Press The order recommends separating the MMR vaccine into three different shots administered in separate visits, and directs the nation's health department to improve vaccine research, says a White House fact sheet. Continue reading
Aug 06 New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The shot, named mFlusiva, is intended for adults age 50 or older. Continue reading
May 12 Marty Makary resigns as Trump's FDA chief By Matthew Perrone, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press At the FDA, Makary failed to win the staff's confidence after mass layoffs, leadership changes and a series of controversies in which the agency’s scientific principles appeared to be overridden by political interests. Continue reading
Apr 28 South Carolina's measles outbreak is over after sickening nearly 1,000 people By Devi Shastri, Associated Press On Sunday, the state passed the threshold of 42 days with no new outbreak-related cases. State health officials estimate the outbreak response cost $2.1 million. Continue reading