Inside CDC vaccine panel's high-stakes meeting

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Five things to watch at this week’s meeting of CDC vaccine advisers
A group of advisers selected by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to make recommendations on the use of vaccines in the United States will meet Thursday and Friday, and they are expected to make changes to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood vaccine schedule.

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What's at stake in CDC vaccine panel's meeting this week
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CDC Panel to Review Childhood Vaccines: What's at Stake
Fired CDC Chief Susan Monarez Warns Senators That RFK Jr. Is Endangering Public Health
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is expected to testify Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired her after she refused to endorse new vaccine...

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Trump wants GOP lawmakers to embrace RFK Jr. They’re having trouble.
Fired CDC head says RFK Jr. aims to change childhood vaccine schedule
Ousted CDC Director: RFK Jr. Fired Her Because She ‘Could Not Replace Evidence With Ideology’
She also detailed Kennedy’s verbal attacks on the agency and said employees "feel they were personally targeted because of misinformation,” referring to a deadly shooting at the agency’s headquarters...

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Former CDC director warns about changes to childhood vaccine schedule at hearing
Questions Are Raised About Vaccine Panel’s Reliability as Policy Review Gets Underway

Acting CDC director says agency too involved in Americans' health decisions

O’Neill, the HHS deputy secretary whom Kennedy appointed to be CDC’s acting director after Susan Monarez’s dismissal last month, said the agency had "lost the American public trust and faith" during the pandemic but that HHS’ new leadership is "working hard to refocus and earn that trust back."

Fired US CDC chief says RFK Jr is taking public health to a 'very dangerous place'

Susan Monarez was ousted weeks into her job at the US CDC over disagreement with health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on vaccine policies. View on euronews
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CDC's vaccine panel could reshape newborn hepatitis guidance

Doctors and public health experts are watching closely as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepares for a key meeting with its vaccine panel. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,

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Former CDC official warns about changes to childhood vaccine schedule in hearing

Susan Monarez said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change routine childhood vaccines this month — without any credible scientific data.

Monarez testifies before Senate committee about CDC dismissal

The former director of the CDC testified Wednesday in front of a Senate committee that Kennedy fired her because she refused go against science on vaccines.

Deadly disease caused by blood-sucking insects spreading in US, CDC says

A parasitic disease, which can be fatal, is spreading through an insect in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kennedy's Advisory Panel Is Expected to Vote on Hepatitis B and MMRV Vaccines

Votes are expected Thursday afternoon on hepatitis B and on a combined shot against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, but Department of Health and Human Services officials have not said exactly what proposals would be considered.
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