CDC Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion

Committee members delayed indefinitely a vote on a hepatitis B vaccine for newborns because they did not feel ready to make a decision.

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In Texas, Parents Fighting Vaccinations Say Their Movement Is Winning

Public health advocates hoped that the measles outbreak might persuade the reluctant to get shots. That has not turned out to be true.

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee to Vote on Hepatitis B and Covid Shots

The advisory committee, which will meet on Thursday and Friday, is expected to recommend limiting use of some vaccines, including the hepatitis B shot for newborns.

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Senator and Insurers Cast Doubt on U.S. Vaccine Panel as It Readies Review

Insurers suggested they would still cover routine shots even if a C.D.C. panel tried to limit them, as an influential senator warned against new restrictions.

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What to Know About Jim O’Neill, the New Acting C.D.C. Director

The selection of Jim O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley executive, drew objections from Democrats, who noted his lack of medical or scientific training.

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A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

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The Texas Measles Outbreak Is Over, Officials Say

The larger outbreak, which spread to New Mexico and Oklahoma, is still ongoing.

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Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines

The virus is spreading in insular Mennonite communities. But the broader population is vulnerable as vaccine rates have fallen across the Canadian province since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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CDC Says Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again

The new report paints a sobering picture of immunizations as infectious diseases like measles surge across the United States.

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Canada’s Measles Cases Surpass U.S., Alberta Officials Push for State of Emergency

Some doctors in Alberta have criticized officials for not declaring a health emergency in the western province where measles infections are surging.

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