WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. health official urged people Sunday to get measles shots as outbreaks in several states and the United States risk losing its measles-free status. “Get the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services whose chief has raised doubts about the safety … Read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday released updated recommendations for which vaccines children should receive. It’s a routine review, little different from last year’s recommendations, but it has more meaning this year: More states and doctors are relying on it instead of a controversial new program from the US Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
For Americans concerned about the nation’s public health system, 2025 was a heartbreaking year. It came to a particularly grim end in December when, amid a series of radical appointments, a federal advisory panel packed with loyalists to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to stop recommending a vaccine that saves … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial vaccine advisory committee will reconvene later this week under a new chairman, federal officials announced Monday. Martin Kulldorff is leaving the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to take a leadership role at the Department of Health and Human Services, officials said. Dr. Kirk … Read more