hepatitis B, RFK and Vaccine
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Federal vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have voted to eliminate a recommendation that all babies be vaccinated against hepatitis B on the day of birth. The decision was made with no evidence of harm from that dose and no evidence of any benefit from the delay.
Friday's session of a vaccine panel dominated by skeptics was chaotically at odds with past practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The new chair of the panel remade by Kennedy oversaw the overturning of the hepatitis B birth-dose guidance.
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RFK Jr launches investigation into school for alleged vaccination of child without parental consent
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches investigation into alleged unauthorized child vaccination at school, vowing to protect parental rights.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law, and he called out U.S. DHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., saying he spreads conspiracy theories.
Sen. Bill Cassidy slammed the undoing of a key vaccine norm—via a CDC panel’s vote Friday—that he had worked to promote: “This makes America sicker.”
Hundreds of studies, including gold-standard clinical trials, challenge Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that the cancer vaccine is harmful.
Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to delay hepatitis B shots and discuss revising the use of other vaccines.