RFK Jr. appoints 8 new members of CDC vaccine panel
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now urging summer camp operators to check for documentation of immunity from measles through vaccination or prior infection for all children, staff and volunteers, amid a deadly year of outbreaks that is now near record levels.
Moderna's shares fell 2.3% on Friday on concerns about whether a new CDC advisory panel would back the use of the company's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in a broader age group. The mRNA-based RSV shot,
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s panel of outside vaccine experts Wednesday, two days after firing all 17 of its members.
Kennedy has said his agency will explore possible causes of autism and plans to release findings by September. The CDC estimates that 1 in 31 8-year-olds nationwide had autism in 2022. Scientists say the rise may owe to several factors, including better diagnosis, older parents and genetics, The Wall Street Journal said.
The government hired back more than 450 CDC employees that were fired as part of the widespread restructuring that took place in April.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rehiring about 460 employees who had previously been laid off, according to an email notice reviewed by The Hill. The Department
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 460 laid-off employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are being rehired, officials said June 11. The reinstatement notices went out this week, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 variant was linked to a large surge of hospitalizations in parts of Asia earlier this year.