More than 980 have been reported across 26 states as of Monday, according to the CDC. That’s more than four times the total number of measles cases recorded for…
Read more ‘Unbelievably contagious’: Measles cases soar nationwide: What you need to know – WTOP NewsColorado filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent the Trump administration from canceling more than $20 million in grants for public health. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Health…
Read more Colorado sues to block Trump administration from cutting public health grantsAfter being eliminated from the United States in 2000, measles is making a comeback — and not only in Season 1 of HBO’s popular drama, “The Pitt.” The…
Read more Parents’ guide to measles: How to prevent infectionIt was one of President Donald Trump’s more audacious picks for his Cabinet: anti-vaccine activist and alternative health advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to helm the nation’s health…
Read more Calling the Shots: Tracking RFK Jr. on VaccinesThe federal government recently made sweeping changes to its list of recommended childhood vaccines, raising a host of questions for parents. Until early this year, the U.S. Centers…
Read more What CDC vaccine schedule changes mean for vaccine accessThe California Department of Public Health announced the rise of a new strain of flu – one that could leave both young children and older adults at risk…
Read more Flu Cases Rising As New Strain Circulates In California – LAmagTo defend recent changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Trump administration compared shots for American babies with babies in an unspecified “European Country.” The Jan. 5 White…
Read more The vaccine schedule didn’t call for ‘72 injections’The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated the U.S. Childhood vaccination schedule, reducing the number of diseases for which vaccines are universally recommended. Under the…
Read more What should parents do about the CDC’s new vaccine recs? We asked NC expertsThe federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term disability, and…
Read more CDC sidelines six childhood vaccines. What do they prevent?The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that a new subvariant could make…
Read more Notorious ‘winter vomiting bug’ rising in California. A new norovirus strain could make it worseFor most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods and pictures that attend a 21st century hospital…
Read more What the Trump administration’s hepatitis B vaccine rollback means for CaliforniaA new analysis from experts gathered by the World Health Organization found no link between vaccines and autism – countering a recently revised stance by the U.S. Centers…
Read more WHO Rebuts CDC: No Link Between Vaccines and AutismSince roughly 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended all babies get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The CDC committee…
Read more Fact-checking CDC vaccine panel on baby hepatitis B shotsCalifornia could see an early start to the annual flu season, as a combination of low vaccination rates and late mutations to the virus may leave the state…
Read more California braces for early, sharper flu season as virus mutation outpaces vaccine, experts sayAs health officials investigate more than 30 cases of infant botulism linked to ByHeart baby formula since August, parents who say their children were sickened with the same…
Read more Babies who drank ByHeart formula got sick months before botulism outbreak, parents sayBefore voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R–La.) stated on the floor of the Senate…
Read more RFK Jr. breaks his promises about the CDC on vaccines and autismThe rewriting of a page on the CDC’s website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and…
Read more What to know about the CDC’s baseless new guidance on autismThe national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have altered their website on autism and vaccines, removing unequivocal statements that immunizations don’t cause the neurodevelopmental disorder and replacing…
Read more CDC replaces website on vaccines and autism with false and misleading statementsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has made a significant revision to a section of its website regarding the relationship between vaccines and autism. Previously, the…
Read more CDC Promotes Unproven Vaccine–Autism Link in Website ReversalThe Feds foul play around cannabis exposes misinformation, fear tactics, and how Washington ignores 88% of Americans While nearly 88% of Americans support some form of legal cannabis,…
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