NIH interim director comes from its research ranks but is known for questioning Covid-19 vaccine mandates
Dr. Matthew Memoli, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases researcher focused on flu and other respiratory ...
Bird flu isn’t an immediate health threat in New York, but preparations have begun
As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...
Five vaccine policy moves RFK Jr. could make
If he’s confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have broad authority to pursue an anti-vaccine agenda.
Who is in charge of the CDC right now? Nobody knows for sure
A number of other health agencies are also operating without acting heads, including the FDA and the National Institutes of ...
How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail
Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against ...
Flu activity is high in most of the US. Some hospitals are struggling to manage the surge
Flu activity has surged to high levels in many states, overwhelming some hospitals. Experts discuss what to expect for the ...
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Vaccine policy experts concerned about second Trump Administration
US President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of vaccine conspiracist Robert F Kennedy, Jr, as his new administration's Health and Human Services (HHS) cabinet secretary has alarmed many public health ...
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How would RFK Jr. handle bird flu? His record on vaccines has experts on edge
Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots.
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Bird Flu and the Battle Against Emerging Diseases
"If the CDC Director were to take vaccines off that list, vaccines would instantly become effectively unavailable to most ...
As flu, COVID, RSV activity ramp up in Michigan, these hospitals begin limiting visitors
Two metro Detroit health systems are restricting visitors to slow the spread of flu, respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, and COVID-19.
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The mutations likely developed post-infection, the agency said
The CDC reported its scientists had compared viruses ... who works at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in Saskatoon, Canada, said on the social ...