Perhaps no vote was as agonizing for Senator Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican and medical doctor, than his vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Trump’s health secretary. Mr. Cassidy wondered aloud for days how Mr. Kennedy, the nation’s most vocal and powerful critic of vaccinations, might handle an infectious disease crisis. Now,
They say everything old is new again. Here are a few outdated bacteria and viruses looking to trend again as vaccination rates fall. Measles is in the air! That is to say that this highly infectious airborne virus has been spotted in a handful of states, at Los Angeles International Airport and, in particular, west
Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico, which have already seen one death, have many Americans wondering whether they are at risk and how cautious they should be. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that global measles outbreaks increase the likelihood of cases among unvaccinated travelers. This is something the center
For those who were vaccinated for measles many decades ago, there’s a chance the protection has worn off by now. Amid the current measles outbreak in West Texas — and with cases also reported in New Mexico, New Jersey and several other states — some doctors are warning about the possibility of legacy vaccines becoming
The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled for next month. But the agency notified committee members that the meeting had been canceled.
The CDC today doubled down on its recommendation that babies should get the Covid vaccine. In a new analysis on 137,000 Americans, agency researchers found this year’s Covid vaccine lowered the risk of being hospitalized with the virus by 33 percent. The report also fund that the shot was 45 percent effective among vulnerable adults
Robert F Kennedy Jr has pulled paid ads for vaccines and postponed a meeting of key vaccine advisors, in one of his first moves as health secretary. Kennedy ordered the CDC has scrubbed its ‘Wild to Mild’ flu vaccine campaign that juxtaposed a lion next to a kitten as an analogy for how the shot ‘tames’ the virus. The
With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And some adults vaccinated before 1968 may need a booster.
Experts from Yale University have discovered an alarming syndrome linked to the mRNA Covid vaccines. The previously-unknown condition – which has been dubbed ‘post-vaccination syndrome’ – appears to cause brain fog, dizziness, tinnitus and exercise intolerance. Some sufferers also show distinct biological changes, including differences in immune cells and the presence of coronavirus proteins in their
RFK Jr.’s comments about black people and vaccines sparks warning from top doctors
RFK Jr’s controversial comment about black people ‘not needing the same vaccines’ as white people has sparked widespread condemnation from top doctors. The 71-year-old claimed four years ago that ‘vaccine schedules’ should be tailored to different races because black people have ‘better immune systems.’ ‘We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule