Jul 15 14 million children did not receive vaccines in 2024, UN reports By Associated Press U.N. health officials have estimated that more than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 5:39 Measles cases surge to highest levels in over 30 years, CDC data shows By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Jenna Bloom CDC data shows 2025 is now the worst year for measles cases in this country in more than three decades. More than 150 people have been hospitalized due to the growing outbreak and three have died, including two unvaccinated children… Continue watching
Jul 09 The U.S. is having its worst year of measles cases in more than three decades By Devi Shastri, Associated Press The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the national case count surpassed 2019, when there were 1,274 cases for the year and the country almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness. That could happen this… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 5:53 Former top CDC vaccine expert on why she resigned in protest over firing of advisory panel By Ali Rogin, Juliet Fuisz, Andrew Corkery Earlier in June, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of a key vaccine advisory panel and handpicked eight new members, including several who have expressed skepticism about some vaccines. The move prompted the resignation of Dr. Continue watching
Jun 27 What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr. By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 years. Here’s what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 7:09 Trump's former surgeon general raises concerns about vaccine panel overhauled by RFK Jr. By Laura Santhanam, Azhar Merchant, Geoff Bennett A shift in a key vaccine advisory committee has raised alarms among public health experts. The ACIP routinely makes recommendations to the CDC. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired every prior member of the panel and appointed seven new… Continue watching
Jun 26 U.S. is pulling funding from Gavi, global group that has paid for more than a billion kids to get vaccinated By Maria Cheng, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the organization has “ignored the science" and “lost the public trust.”… Continue reading
Jun 26 What to know about thimerosal, vaccine preservative from bygone flu-shot debate By Associated Press The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative. Continue reading
Jun 26 RFK Jr.'s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism. Continue reading
Jun 25 WATCH: CDC vaccine panel holds meeting after RFK Jr. ousts and replaces expert former members By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries into some long-settled questions about children’s shots. Continue reading