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The newly appointed vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met Wednesday for the first time to review upcoming immunization recommendations.

So they brought together specialists on medicine, public health and children's health to weigh and discuss the available evidence. Now the committee makes recommendations that, with the CDC director's ...

RFK Jr.’s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots By Meg Tirrell, Brenda Goodman, Jen Christensen, CNN Jun 25, 2025 Updated Jun 25, 2025 ...

City health commissioner Dr. Michael Totoraitis said he was in touch with members of the CDC team late last week on June 17th.

The CDC's new panel of vaccine advisers will hear a presentation on thimerosal in flu vaccines from a former leader of Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by HHS Secretary ...

The CDC’s ACIP is set to vote on the issue of thimerosal in flu vaccines. Here's what you need to to know about what it is, its safety and what the science says about it.