CDC keeps recommendation of COVID vaccines for healthy kids after RFK Jr. said it would be removed

CDC Decides America’s Children Could Do With More Lead In Their Blood

With all the conversations we've had in the past few months about the decline of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the leadership, or lack thereof, of RFK Jr. and Donald Trump, you might have been left with the impression that everything at HHS is broken beyond repair. But that's not entirely…

Amid Political Disputes, Pregnant Individuals Face Increased COVID-19 Risks - Real News Now

Despite being in a state of good health during your pregnancy, you may be receiving conflicting advice. While Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services Secretary who lacks formal scientific or medical training, articulates that a covid vaccine is unnecessary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still consider you to be part of a high-risk group in need of booster shots. The statistical evidence firmly advocates for vaccinat…

Pregnant Women Should Talk to Their Doctors About COVID-19 Vaccines: FDA Commissioner

Pregnant women should consult their doctors about COVID-19 vaccines, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration said on June 1. “In the absence of data, they should talk to their doctor, and their doctor will use their best wisdom and judgment,” Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said that getting a COVID-19 vaccine was “especially important” for pregn…

The last COVID surge ended eight months ago. Is a summer spike coming?

“COVID is well behind us,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared at a news conference in late May while discussing his return-to-office mandate for state workers. But recent data tells a different story. Area doctors and experts say another COVID surge is likely on the way this summer. For the better part of a year, COVID concentrations in wastewater have stayed at “low” or “medium” levels in Santa Clara County. But since the beginning of May, wastewater C…

RFK Jr. says healthy pregnant women don’t need Covid boosters. Science says threat still meaningful

By Jackie Fortiér | KFF Health News You’re pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the covid vaccine, but experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Protection still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters. The science is on the side of the shots. Pregnant women who contracted Covid-19 were more…

Deonandan: Cancelling funding for mRNA vaccine is both risky and foolish

With Donald Trump’s second administration, disruptive news seems to arise on a daily basis. Most concerning for clinicians and health scientists in Canada and around the world was Trump’s appointment of anti-vaccination zealot Robert Kennedy Jr. to the enormously influential position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy’s ideological dismantling of the U.S.’s vaunted health research apparatus has been at speeds surprising even to h…