"...he has methodically laid the groundwork to overhaul American vaccine policy, following a blueprint he laid out in books, speeches and podcast appearances during his years as the leader of a movement attacking the system he now oversees. He has walled himself off from the government scientists and other civil servants he distrusts while elevating longtime allies to help carry out his vaccine agenda."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/rfk-vaccines-hhs-trump.html

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“On the one hand, this entire process started with a message of ‘Kids get too many shots,’” Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, said. “And now we’re talking about taking away the combination vaccines, which of course is going to mean more doses for kids.”

“I’m not really sure what the end goal is here,” she added.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/health/vaccine-committee-hepatitis-b-children-trump-rfk-jr.html

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"The West Virginia Board of Education on Tuesday reinstated a school vaccination mandate after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court’s ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of shots required for their children to attend classes."

https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-school-vaccines-religious-exemptions-e61c5814de407a1aa280ce3916f82cc6

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“Liver cancer has disappeared in children,” McMahon said. “We haven’t seen a case since 1995. Nor do we have any children under 30 that have gotten infected that we know of.”

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hepatitis-b-kennedy-rfk-vaccine-panel-children-cdc-acip/

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"The chair of a federal vaccine advisory committee, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency announced Monday.

HHS announced Martin Kulldorff was appointed to be chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)."

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/

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“It’s crucial to understand why measles matters,” said Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. “Its high transmissibility means that even small drops in vaccine coverage can trigger outbreaks, like a fire alarm going off when smoke is detected first.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/surging-measles-cases-are-fire-alarm-warning-diseases-rcna246035

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"But applied to widespread infectious outbreaks, the MAHA prescription is still deeply flawed. Being generally healthy doesn’t guarantee survival, or even better outcomes against infectious diseases—especially when an entire population encounters a pathogen against which it has no immunity."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/11/nih-pandemic-miasma/684979/

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"As South Carolina tries to contain its measles outbreak, public health officials across the nation are concerned that the highly contagious virus is making a major comeback. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 1,700 measles cases and 45 outbreaks in 2025. The largest started in Texas, where hundreds of people were infected and two children died."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/measles-outbreak-south-carolina-vaccine-misinformation-kennedy-rfk/

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"The majority of flu circulating so far this season in the U.S. is the H3N2 strain, according to the CDC. H3N2 flus tend to cause more hospitalizations and deaths in older adults.

An early uptick in cases, Wolfe said, can create unique risks for this age group."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-and-flu/flu-season-just-beginning-doctors-are-already-high-alert-rcna245148

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"Under the new strategy, touted as an ambitious overhaul of the way the US provides health assistance throughout the world, American aid will be funneled through a new system of one-on-one agreements with individual countries, rather than distributed through international aid partners and organizations."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/politics/trump-global-health-strategy-intl

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"Dr. Nirav Shah...called Dr. Abraham 'unqualified' for the post and said when he learned that he had been appointed, 'My jaw hit the ground.'

'A large part of the principal deputy’s portfolio is emergency response,' Dr. Shah said. 'Delayed notifying of the public of at least two pertussis deaths is not just unacceptable, it’s shameful,' he added."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/health/cdc-ralph-lee-abraham-vaccines.html

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"More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows.

This marks the second year in a row with higher than usual cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the same time this year, around 33,000 cases reported."

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/25000-cases-whooping-cough-recorded-year-higher-pre/story?id=127831021

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"Sen. Bill Cassidy on Sunday declined to criticize Robert F. Kennedy after the Health and Human Services head personally instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its stance on vaccines and autism...'It’s actually quite well proven that vaccines are not associated with autism,' Cassidy (R-La.) told host Jake Tapper. 'There’s a fringe out there that thinks so, but they’re quite fringe.'"

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/23/bill-cassidy-refuses-to-speak-against-rfk-jr-00666410

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“This is how the wellness influencer industry works,” Hotez said. “It’s not enough to push the snake oil. You have to discredit mainstream biomedical science and portray scientists as public enemies or cartoon villains, and that's what Kennedy’s seeking to do.”

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/after-unprecedented-autism-vaccine-messaging-change-scientists-advocates-say-cdc

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The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses & #immunizations. He was 1 of 3 senior leaders who resigned in August because of what they said was the politicization of #science at the agency. “The weaponization of the #CDC voice by validating false claims on official websites confirms what we have been saying,” he said.

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Immunizations for your kids. I want to arm all you parents and grandparents with the latest immunization recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics. #pediatrics #immunizations #vaccines #AAPL
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Senate hearing for surgeon general pick postponed after she goes into labor

NEW YORK (AP) — A Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick, Dr. Casey Means, has…
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Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
https://apnews.com/article/maha-supplements-wellness-rfk-jr-vaccine-raw-milk-dc8ecf998ef3835adbf32fc88c14af07
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The CDC still hasn't issued COVID vaccine guidelines, leaving access in limbo

So far, no issue getting vaccine here in Texas...we got our flu and Covid yesterday. No prescription needed. I worry the most about children, and the ignorance of their parents about vaccines.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5559439/cdc-covid-vaccine-guidelines