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RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel weakens Covid shot recommendations, calling it an individual decision
20 Sep 2025 01:45 GMT
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices listen to a presentation about Covid-19 during an ACIP meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Sept. 19, 2025.
Alyssa Pointer | Reuters
Health and Human Services …
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CDC vaccine panel adds new rules for getting the COVID vaccine in a tense meeting
19 Sep 2025 22:56 GMT
Updated September 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM MDT
A panel of vaccine advisers to the federal government debated several changes to COVID-19 vaccine access in a chaotic meeting Friday, marked by confusion over processes, technical difficulties and passionate …
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RFK Jr. vaccine panel avoids further COVID shot restrictions
19 Sep 2025 20:19 GMT
If Americans hoped to get some clarity from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine panel on who should be getting a COVID-19 shot this fall, they may be disappointed.
The Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices spent Sept. 19 in a heated …
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RFK Jr. vaccine panel avoids further COVID vaccine restrictions after confusing, tense meeting
19 Sep 2025 19:55 GMT
If Americans were hoping to get some clarity from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s vaccine panel on who should be getting a COVID-19 shot this fall, they may be disappointed.
The Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices spent Sept. 19 in a …
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Want a COVID-19 vaccine but don't know where to start? Here's what to know
19 Sep 2025 14:01 GMT
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order to protect vaccine access after new federal limits were issued.
The new federal guidance restricts updated COVID-19 shots to individuals 65 or older or those with other health problems.
Following the …
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RFK Jr. vaccine panel delays pivotal hepatitis B vote, thwarts public health shake-up for newborns
19 Sep 2025 13:27 GMT
Health experts breathed a sigh of relief as members of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine panel voted to maintain current guidance on a vaccine that has been recommended for children for decades.
For nearly 35 years, …
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The RFK Jr. vaccine panel's hepatitis B decision
19 Sep 2025 12:52 GMT
Health experts breathed a sigh of relief as members of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine panel voted to maintain current guidance on a vaccine that has been recommended for children for decades.
For nearly 35 years, …
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CDC committee votes to change measles vaccine guidance for young children
18 Sep 2025 23:37 GMT
An influential Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee has announced new recommendations for the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine.
The members of the committee, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization …
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NY, Northeast states issue new COVID vaccine guidance. What to know
18 Sep 2025 19:47 GMT
New York and other states across the Northeast issued new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations Monday, Sept. 15 that advises everyone six months and older to get the updated shot this fall, bucking federal guidance under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
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Health Insurers To Cover COVID And Flu Shots Despite RFK Jr. Moves
18 Sep 2025 16:56 GMT
The nation’s biggest health insurance companies will continue to cover vaccinations – including those against Covid-19 and seasonal flu – previously recommended by a federal advisory committee, America's Health Insurance Plans said Wednesday, Sept. 17, …