Trump, CDC and Hep B
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s vaccine advisory committee has taken its most dramatic action on vaccines yet under the Trump administration and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In a meeting punctuated by conflict and confusion, the independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday again delayed a vote that could dramatically change hepatitis B vaccination practice in the United States.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices on Friday morning voted to delay giving most children their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, if they receive it all.
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may vote this week to make a major change to the childhood vaccine schedule, potentially delaying a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine given to newborns by weeks or even years.
The CDC has quietly been building a modern AI infrastructure designed to reshape how public health data is collected, analyzed and acted upon.
A CDC advisory committee has voted to alter the childhood vaccine schedule for hepatitis B. Doctors are raising concerns that the move upends decades of vaccination policy without evidence and will likely increase risks of chronic conditions for children.
Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting today on what could be a major change to the childhood vaccination schedule. Follow here for live updates.
S PRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A new flu strain called Subclade K has reached the United States after circulating in other countries since the summer. Doctors describe the virus as a subclass of Influenza A. The strain may cause more severe symptoms than other flu variants.