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As RFK Jr. delivers his message on measles, public health experts hear a familiar tune
Published: March 4, 2025 01:05
The standard public health approach in a measles outbreak is a full-throated appeal for vaccinations. RFK Jr. is working from a different playbook.
HHS review of a vaccine contract sparks worries about preparedness for a potential bird flu pandemic
Published: March 3, 2025 09:30
HHS is re-evaluating a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to develop and test vaccines against flu viruses that could prompt pandemics.
Trump administration takes aim at bird flu. For now, the cattle will have to wait
Published: February 26, 2025 23:59
The USDA's new plan tackles H5N1 bird flu as an issue of economic concern, and leaves questions about how to manage the threat H5N1-infected cows pose to people.
Texas measles outbreak marks first fatality as more cases reported
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/texas-measles-outbreak-death/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: February 26, 2025 16:13
A child in Texas has died from measles, the first death from measles in the United States since 2015.
U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/us-who-flu-vaccine-meeting-london/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: February 24, 2025 16:33
The United States has joined a WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite the Trump administration's plans to withdraw from the global health agency.
A small study on Covid vaccine safety sparks an online tempest
Published: February 24, 2025 09:30
A small study on Covid vaccine safety has sparked an online tempest — and highlighted the conundrum faced by some scientists.
HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/cdc-vaccine-promotions-rfk-jr-informed-consent/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: February 20, 2025 21:51
The CDC was ordered to shelve promotions it developed for a variety of vaccines after Health Secretary RFK Jr. said he wants message focused on "informed consent."
Meeting of key CDC vaccine advisory panel, under scrutiny by RFK Jr., is postponed
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/acip-cdc-vaccine-meeting-postponed/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: February 20, 2025 16:58
An upcoming meeting of the ACIP, a key CDC vaccine advisory panel that is under scrutiny by RFK Jr., has been postponed. A U.S. official said it would be rescheduled.
STAT+: Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching
Published: February 17, 2025 20:52
In interview after interview with STAT, those who were fired from federal health and science agencies, along with officials who remain, argued the cuts would be deeply felt.
Bird flu found in Arizona milk suggests another spillover from birds to cows
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/arizona-bird-flu-h5n1-dairy-cows-spillover/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: February 14, 2025 22:45
Another spillover of the H5N1 bird flu virus from wild birds to dairy cattle appears to have occurred, this time in Arizona.