RFK Jr. names 8 new members of CDC's vaccine advisory panel
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After federal health officials made abrupt changes to US Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women last month, there’s new confusion and uncertainty about who can get the shots — and some reports that patients were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated.
In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week. They include a scientist who researched mRNA vaccine technology and transformed into a conservative darling for his criticisms of COVID-19 vaccines,
The FDA's approval was based on a study of 11,400 people age 12 and older that compared the new low-dose vaccine with Moderna's existing vaccine. It found the new vaccine was safe and was at least as effective - and more by some measures - than the original shot, the company said.
RFK Jr. appointed Dr. Robert Malone, known for spreading COVID-19 conspiracies, to a federal vaccine advisory panel alongside seven others.
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Health officials are tracking a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant. This comes as confusion grows over vaccine recommendations moving forward.
Headlines blared in May when U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for some people—namely healthy pregnant women and healthy children over 6 months old.
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