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RSV vaccine access expanded to some people in their 50s, according to CDC website
In April, the CDC’s influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended expanding RSV vaccination to ...
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Vaccine policy in the U.S. is entering uncharted territory
A key advisory group vows to base decisions on evidence, boost confidence in vaccines and protect health. Experts fear the opposite is happening.
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against agency advice
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines ...
Former CDC officials warn proposed budget cuts could cost American lives in 2026
Former CDC officials warn that proposed fiscal 2026 budget cuts would slash funding by 54%, threatening critical health ...
Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel's votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots
The CDC panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...
With federal support uncertain, states and nonprofits scramble to safeguard access to vaccines
After recent moves by the US Department of Health and Human Services to restrict the approval and use of some vaccines — and ...
HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...
As new variant spreads, what's the latest COVID-19 vaccine guidance? It's complicated.
NB.1.8.1 is one of the latest variants of COVID-19, a "slightly upgraded version" of the LP.8.1 variant that is prominent ...
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The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, empowered by RFK Jr., is just getting started
The ACIP, the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel newly empowered by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is just getting started ...
CDC panel makes major vaccine decision for 2025—Here’s what’s changing
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued new vaccine recommendations affecting RSV and flu ...
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Challenges and Opportunities for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Adults: Report From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working ...
Improvements in cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates among young adults in the past 2 decades have been offset by increasing racial/ethnic and gender disparities, persistence of unhealthy lifestyle ...