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health1 day ago•6 min saved

New analysis flags equity impact of MMRV vaccine policy change

A Washington state study of over 200,000 toddlers (2015–2025) shows about 15% received the MMRV vaccine, despite ACIP guidance favoring separate MMR and varicella vaccines. The analysis finds MMRV use is more common among minority and low-income families and those at safety-net clinics, suggesting that removing federal coverage for MMRV could reduce access for vulnerable children and raise equity concerns about Kennedy-led policy changes.

via Ars Technica|

#acip #equity #health

politics1 month ago•3 min saved

Trump directs CDC to follow new HHS vaccine assessment calling for fewer childhood shots

President Trump signed an executive order directing the CDC and its advisory committee to align U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with a Department of Health and Human Services assessment that America administers more vaccines than peer nations, after the agency had moved to reduce the schedule from 17 to 11 vaccines. The order prompts ACIP to review the latest data and update the immunization schedule amid controversy, including reactions from medical groups and legal challenges tied to Kennedy Jr.’s leadership of the new panel.

via CBS News|

#acip #cdc #hhs

health1 month ago•3 min saved

US Realigns Childhood Vaccination Schedule with Peer Nations’ Best Practices

The White House issues an executive order directing the CDC and ACIP to review and update the U.S. core childhood vaccine schedule to reflect best practices from peer, developed countries, emphasizing public trust and parental authority; vaccines remain fully covered by private insurance and public programs, and states are guided to align policies with the updated schedule while protecting religious freedom and equal protections.

via The White House (.gov)|

#acip #cdc #health

health1 month ago•4 min saved

Cruise hantavirus case prompts Canadian response, ACIP charter withdrawal, PACCARB to reconvene

The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed an Andes strain hantavirus infection in a Canadian traveler aboard the MV Hondius, with a traveling partner testing negative and no additional cases identified. In the U.S., a passenger in Nebraska remains in isolation with negative test results and is reportedly denied home quarantine. Separately, HHS withdrew the ACIP charter renewal due to an administrative error amid Secretary Kennedy's efforts to reshape the panel. The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) will reconvene on June 16 to help inform the next five-year national action plan for antibiotic resistance.

via cidrap.umn.edu|

#acip #antibiotic-resistance #cruise-ship

politics2 months ago•3 min saved

Trump Nominates Erica Schwartz to Lead CDC Amid Vaccine Policy Controversy

President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, a former deputy U.S. surgeon general, to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and named three other health officials, as the agency confronts ongoing vaccine policy changes and legal challenges under Health Secretary Kennedy. If confirmed, Schwartz would be the CDC’s permanent director, succeeding acting leadership after the position has been vacant since August, amid debates over vaccine schedules and scientific integrity.

via NBC News|

#acip #cdc #erica-schwartz

politics3 months ago•7 min saved

Kennedy revamps vaccine-panel charter to stress safety risks amid court fight

After a court ruling paused Kennedy’s overhaul of the ACIP, the HHS-signed charter updates broaden the panel’s mandate to include vaccine safety risks and research gaps, expands membership expertise to include toxicology and vaccine-injury recovery, and allows non-voting liaisons from groups skeptical of vaccines. The changes come as Kennedy, who previously fired ACIP members, seeks to align policy with his anti-vaccine views; critics say the move advances “junk science” while HHS calls it a routine renewal. The charter also tasks ACIP with evaluating international vaccination schedules and enhancing safety surveillance.

via Politico|

#acip #health-policy #politics

health3 months ago•3 min saved

RFK Jr. ally quits CDC vaccine panel as court blocks overhaul

Robert Malone, a Kennedy ally and member of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee (ACIP), resigns after a federal court blocked the panel’s controversial changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, effectively sidelining ACIP as questions linger over its future and a new CDC director is being nominated.

via Roll Call|

#acip #cdc #health

politics3 months ago•6 min saved

Kennedy Jr.'s CDC Shake-Up Sparks Concerns Over Public Health

An NYT Magazine exposé shows that since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became head of Health and Human Services, he has targeted the CDC with firings and leadership churn, sidelined scientists in favor of political appointees, replaced vaccine experts on ACIP with allies, and even promoted unproven measles treatments during outbreaks. With the agency largely leaderless for most of the past year and a court halting some vaccine-policy changes, critics warn that public health is being steered by ideology rather than science.

via The New York Times|

#acip #cdc #kennedy-jr

health3 months ago•114 min saved

Public Health at a Crossroads: Kennedy’s CDC Reshapes Science into Policy

A New York Times oral history reveals that after RFK Jr. became health secretary, the CDC was transformed from a science-led agency into a politically driven one: thousands of staff were fired or forced out, the ACIP was purged and reconstituted with vaccine skeptics, public communications were tightly controlled, and vaccination policies were dramatically altered without the usual scientific checks. The result, according to current and former CDC employees, is a weakened public-health infrastructure and a public increasingly exposed to health threats, as measles outbreaks and vaccine controversies unfold under a reoriented governance model.

via The New York Times|

#acip #cdc #health

health3 months ago•5 min saved

Malone sparks ACIP disband-rebuild chatter, then retracts; panel’s fate remains unclear

Malone claimed the CDC vaccine advisory panel ACIP had been disbanded and would be rebuilt after a court injunction, sparking online buzz; he later retracted, and HHS said no official move had been announced, leaving the panel’s fate uncertain amid ongoing legal challenges and debates over qualifications.

via Ars Technica|

#acip #cdc #health

us-news3 months ago•3 min saved

Court ruling throws ACIP's future into question as membership and decisions are paused

A federal judge halted 13 ACIP members and all of their decisions, prompting confusion over whether the vaccine advisory panel will be disbanded, reconstituted, or remain with new leadership; four recently named members still serve, while officials say no final path has been decided, and the ruling also paused changes to the routine childhood vaccine schedule, keeping all 17 vaccines under current recommendations.

via The Guardian|

#acip #federal-court #public-health

health3 months ago•184 min saved

Court blocks vaccine schedule shake-up, ACIP left in limbo

A federal judge blocked HHS's overhaul of the U.S. vaccine schedule and paused the replacement of the CDC's vaccine advisers, leaving ACIP's future uncertain as its planned meeting was canceled and the legal challenge proceeds.

via CNN|

#acip #court-ruling #health

health-policy3 months ago•10 min saved

ACIP at Crossroads: Evidence vs. Politics in COVID Vaccine Policy

An Op-Ed argues that the reconstituted ACIP is relitigating COVID vaccine safety using an unvalidated PACVS framework, proposing unvalidated diagnostics and dubious prevalence, while ignoring robust VSD surveillance showing no excess mortality post-vaccination; internal dissent among work-group members and a court ruling suggesting the process violated the Administrative Procedure Act highlight concerns that policy is being guided by conclusions rather than evidence. The piece warns that replacing GRADE with a weaker evidentiary standard would undermine vaccine policy across all vaccines, and notes the March meeting was postponed, set against a public health backdrop of measles outbreaks.

via CIDRAP|

#acip #covid-19-vaccines #grade-framework

politics3 months ago•44 min saved

Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Push, Forcing HHS to Pause Key Changes

A federal judge blocked several HHS vaccine policy changes pushed by Secretary RFK Jr., ruling that he overstepped authority by firing and replacing ACIP members and by withdrawing vaccine recommendations without proper procedural steps. The ruling halts those actions pending further litigation, keeps vaccines in the political spotlight, and underscores the balance between rapid policy moves and legal governance in public health.

via The Bulwark|

#acip #hhs #politics

health3 months ago•2 min saved

Court blocks Kennedy's bid to scale back childhood vaccine guidance

A federal judge temporarily blocked Health Secretary RFK Jr. from reducing the number of vaccines recommended for children and ruled that his overhaul of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices likely violated federal procedures, halting his January plan to end broad vaccine recommendations for diseases including flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A/B, meningitis and RSV. The move follows lawsuits from medical groups upset by the changes and puts ACIP appointments on hold and its upcoming meeting in jeopardy as the parties litigate.

via PBS|

#acip #childhood-immunization #court-decision