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Pregnant doctor denied Covid-19 vaccine sues Trump administration

Lawsuit takes aim at RFK Jr’s decision to advise against Covid vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children

The Guardian - US

US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak

Milestone comes as health secretary RFK Jr has injected upheaval into US vaccine policy and spread misinformation

The Guardian - US

Nurse on new CDC vaccine panel said to have been ‘anti-vax longer than RFK’

Vicky Pebsworth has spent decades saying vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection refuted by years of research

The Guardian - US

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So, according to Trump, autism is ‘new’ — unlike his 20-year-old scandals that we’re still hearing about today

His delusion clearly have been around forever.

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RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 outbreaks spread unchecked through U.S. poultry farms. Health experts warn it could lead to a new pandemic.

LiveScience

Parents who oppose sex education in schools often don’t discuss it at home

Public battles over what schools can teach about sex, identity and relationships, often framed around “parental rights,” have become more intense in recent years.

The Conversation

RSV vaccine access expanded to some people in their 50s, according to CDC website

The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50 instead of 60

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US north-east sees record tick season as climate crisis sparks arachnid boom

Week of 20 June was highest level of risk for Fordham Tick Index as scientists remind people to take precautions

The Guardian - US

Murderland by Caroline Fraser review – what was behind the 1970s serial killer epidemic?

A compulsive new history suggests the crimes of Ted Bundy et al were – at least partly – down to the air they breathed

The Guardian - UK

A generation of ‘virgins’ is leading America’s next sexual revolution

Although gen Z may be getting laid less than their elders, they’re resisting older definitions of sex and gender – in the face of the right’s bid for bodily control

The Guardian - US

Who is in charge at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

RFK Jr has direct control, but Senate testimony in May that someone else is running the agency has created confusion

The Guardian - US

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

The Guardian - US

What is Thimerosal, vaccine preservative called ‘toxic’ by US health chief?

The mercury-based preservative was removed from most vaccines in 2001. Should it still be a concern today?

Al Jazeera

US supreme court ruling sets stage for more politicized science under RFK Jr

Experts call decision that found health secretary has power to convene key panel ‘classic good news, bad news’

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The Independent UK

RFK Jr.'s made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F

The Independent UK

Too many seniors are falling and can’t get up. So this Maine fire department hiked fees 2200% for a lift

The Bangor Fire Department is now charging nursing homes $550 every time they request help in lifting a senior who has fallen

Latin Times

RFK Jr's New Advisory Panel Votes Against Vaccine Preservative Following Pitch From Ex-President of RFK Jr's Anti-Vaxx Org

A vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted against recommending influenza vaccinations containing the preservative thimerosal, an agent that Kennedy himself and many anti-vaccination activists have long advocated against.

Reason

RFK Jr.'s Handpicked Vaccine Panel Unsurprisingly Delivers Antivaccine Conclusions

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' vote ratifies unscientific claims linking a vaccine preservative to autism.

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The Guardian - US

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move

Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale

Roll Call

Panel recommends removing thimerosal from flu vaccines - Roll Call

A key vaccine policy advisory group is recommending the public not receive vaccines that have thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative.

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. fact checked: Physician reveals what Kennedy gets wrong on vaccine safety

ANALYSIS: Jake Scott says the evidence on vaccine safety is clear and publicly available

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants

Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics

The Conversation

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong

In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast doubt on their safety and on the objectivity of long-standing processes established to evaluate them.

The Independent UK

Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative

Benzinga

RFK Jr. Overhauls CDC Vaccine Panel, Sparking Expert Backlash, Boycott From Top Medical Group

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly reconstituted vaccine advisory panel is facing criticism from medical experts and former federal officials after its first meeting strayed sharply from established scientific review norms.

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