CDC vaccine panel meeting postponed amid RFK Jr bid to reshape policy Postponement of ACIP meeting this month comes as US pediatricians challenge committee’s legitimacy in court The Guardian - US · Feb 19
FDA refuses to consider Moderna flu shot in move experts claim is part of ‘anti-vaccine agenda’ Experts say ‘they’re just coming up with reasons’ as agency says application lacked ‘adequate and well controlled’ trial The Guardian - US · Feb 13
Top US medical body to review vaccine effectiveness as government ‘abdicates’ responsibility AMA to review safety of respiratory vaccines as health agencies end recommendations based on no new data The Guardian - US · Feb 11
US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he dislikes the term ‘established science’ The Guardian - US · Feb 1
The facts on the vaccines the CDC no longer recommends for all kids FactCheck.org takes a look at the six childhood vaccines that the CDC no longer recommends for all children. Roll Call · Jan 16
Health secretary RFK Jr appoints two vaccine skeptics to CDC advisory panel Physicians have disputed prevailing scientific views on vaccines and use of antidepressants during pregnancy The Guardian - US · Jan 14
RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record The Trump administration’s overhauling of the decades-old childhood vaccination schedule, announced by federal health officials on Jan. 5, 2026, has raised alarm among public health experts and pediatricians. The Conversation · Jan 6
‘She has no expertise’: the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth Høeg’s tenure at the FDA The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines The Guardian - US · Dec 31, 2025
RFK Jr. wants to scrutinize the vaccine schedule – but its safety record is already decades long The U.S. childhood immunization schedule, the grid of colored bars pediatricians share with parents, recommends a set of vaccines given from birth through adolescence to prevent a range of serious infections. The basic structure has been in place since 1995, when federal health officials and medical organizations first issued a… The Conversation · Dec 18, 2025
US health officials re-examine RSV shots despite documented safety and efficacy The FDA is reviewing RSV vaccines, which have drastically lowered infant hospitalizations, a spokesperson confirmed The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2025
What are parents to do as doctors clash with Trump administration over vaccines? The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025
Experts fear for US childhood vaccine schedule after hepatitis B guideline change Pediatricians say panel’s decision will create confusion and access issues, and condemn ‘parody of public health’ The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2025
RFK Jr.-Led Vaccine Advisory Panel Ends Hep B Vaccine Recommendation for Newborns The CDC panel, led by RFK Jr. appointees, ends routine newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation, igniting criticism from public healthcare experts. International Business Times UK · Dec 6, 2025
CDC panel, stuffed with vaccine skeptics, votes to end recommendation for universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination The CDC's vaccine committee has voted to roll back a universal recommendation that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B, which is one of public health's major success stories. LiveScience · Dec 5, 2025
The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2025 Key US panel to vote on changing infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation ACIP vote follows two postponements and contentious meeting and comes as RFK Jr pushes for vaccine delay
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025 Vaccine advisers hand-picked by RFK Jr seemed confused about what they were voting for ahead of potential changes to Hep B shot “We really need to know what we’re voting on,” someone said during the meeting
Reason · Dec 2, 2025 No One Left Alive Plus: Vaccine committee meets, privatizing air traffic control, the digital land as a fairy-tale realm, and more...
The Conversation · Nov 21, 2025 Off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines Following the federal government’s changes to COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and recommendations in 2025, many people are wondering whether they can get COVID-19 vaccines for themselves or their children.
The Texas Tribune · Nov 19, 2025 A small Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy. People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2025 Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
The Guardian - US · Oct 9, 2025 Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2025 CDC backs updated Covid vaccines as access issues persist: ‘We still don’t have doses in hand’ Delays in recommending the shots and misinformation have created obstacles for vaccine access
The Texas Tribune · Oct 6, 2025 Texas physicians group is undermining federal COVID vaccine recommendations, Paxton says Texas Medical Association has nudged physicians to consider COVID vaccine recommendations from other medical groups.
The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2025 A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
Reason · Sep 30, 2025 Can Americans Trust RFK Jr.'s Health Advice? A Breakdown on Vaccines, Autism, Food Dyes, and More As ever, be cautious about what you hear from the Department of Health and Human Services.