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The South Plains measles outbreak appears to be winding down, but it isn’t over yet. It’s not too soon to start tallying the almost entirely ...
Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said Thursday that the U.S. should not administer ...
The votes on vaccine recommendations are the first move by the panel after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
A CDC panel’s vote to stop recommending thimerosal-containing flu shots would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the ...
Patrons who visited the theater during a five-hour window on June 12 may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease.
The CDC's newly rebuilt Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) took aim Thursday at a mercury-based preservative ...
Thimerosal, targeted by activists who claim it’s linked to autism, shouldn't be used in vaccines administered in the U.S. in ...
Only one ACIP member dissented, arguing that the risk of flu outweighs any risk from the mercury-based preservative ...
The meeting offered a glimpse into how the new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will operate — and how federal vaccine policy is beginning to reflect Kennedy’s personal views.
Used in very low amounts, thimerosal has been used since the 1930s to prevent contamination in multidose vaccine vials, and ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment suggests asking your child’s pediatrician about getting an early dose of the ...
If the CDC adopts the recommendation, it will mark one of the first major changes in federal vaccine guidance and access as Kennedy embarks on his goal of remaking immunization policy in his image.