As expected, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significantly rewritten the charter for a federal vaccine advisory panel. […]
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Clinical trial shows gene editing works for β-Thalassaemia, too
Improved gene editing process reactivates the fetal version of a hemoglobin gene. Almost as soon as researchers started exploring the […]
CDC study shows COVID shot benefits; Trump official blocks release
Routine methods Test-negative case-control design studies have been widely used to assess the effectiveness of many types of vaccines. In […]
Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers
The Trump administration wants to require health insurance companies to hand over troves of sensitive, detailed, and identifiable medical records […]
After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
The membership criteria are also dramatically different between the current charter and today’s renewal. Currently, ACIP members “shall be selected […]
RFK Jr. wants Americans to use peptides that were banned over safety risks
Safety concerns On March 22, The Wall Street Journal reported that Kennedy was “poised” to follow through on his plan […]
Water utility announces it’s ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago
“This is the same board that promised transparency. The same leadership that said they would run this utility the right […]
Outbreak linked to raw cheese grows; 9 cases total, one with kidney failure
Two more illnesses have been identified in an E. coli outbreak linked to unpasteurized cheese and milk, the Food and […]
As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find
Tough find This is the situation awaiting a new director. And according to reports, the individual chosen for the role […]
Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests
For as long as we’ve known that soil bacteria manufacture molecular weapons to fight each other, we’ve been swiping their […]