RFK Jr.'s CDC panel backs flu vaccinations, recommends thimerosal-free shots A new CDC vaccine panel, handpicked by RFK Jr., released an updated list of recommended vaccines.

RFK Jr.'s CDC panel backs flu vaccinations, recommends thimerosal-free shots A new CDC vaccine panel, handpicked by RFK Jr., released an updated list of recommended vaccines.

A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a discussion and vote on ...

anti-vaccine After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate The new ACIP agenda includes MMRV and thimerosal-containing flu vaccines.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet next week. Their agenda suggests they’ll skip some expected topics, including a vote on COVID-19 shots.

It’s not clear what the discussion and vote at next week’s meeting on thimerosal in flu vaccines will entail, and the presenter of the information at the meeting is listed on the agenda as “TBD.” A ...

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (148.2 per 100K; Hawaii 113.6/100K). Mississippi (465.8/100K) and ...

Measles outbreaks. A canceled effort to develop a bird flu vaccine. An infectious new COVID variant and changing federal guidance about who should get boosted. In recent weeks, drama in D.C. has ...

Meanwhile, over 100,000 people have been hospitalized with the annual flu so far this season and at least 9.1 million have been infected, according to CDC data.

The strain of bird flu that infected a Michigan dairy farmworker is capable of airborne transmission, amping up concerns about its potential to spark a new pandemic, according to a research letter ...

Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (147.9 per 100K; Hawaii 113.5/100K). Mississippi (465.6/100K) and ...

A newly appointed CDC advisory panel of vaccine experts is scheduled to meet later this month to vote on recommendations for flu shots containing a mercury-based preservative, according to a draft ...