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As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dramatically reshapes U.S. immunization policy, we speak with Dr. Fiona Havers, a former top vaccine expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who resigned in June. Last week, Kennedy’s handpicked advisers on a federal vaccine panel voted against universal hepatitis B shots for newborns, reversing 35 years of CDC guidance that all newborns receive the vaccine within 24 hours of birth. The Trump administration also recently altered the CDC’s website to include false claims linking autism and vaccines, in keeping with Kennedy’s spreading of vaccine misinformation going back decades. CNN is reporting the FDA is also considering putting a “black box” warning on COVID-19 vaccines. “This administration is causing a lot of confusion and is using, basically, the CDC to spread misinformation now about vaccines,” says Dr. Havers. She also discusses her decision to resign from the CDC and the chaos the Trump administration has caused at the agency, calling RFK Jr.’s changes a “hostile takeover” to advance “anti-science views.”

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Utah's prolonged measles outbreak is straining families and doctors, highlighting the human toll of declining childhood vaccination rates.

A rebound in vaccination—which may depend on government support.

The WHO says measles transmission is again established in the UK after falling vaccine uptake, with 3681 cases reported in 2024.

The USA faces a risk of losing its measles elimination status due to ongoing outbreaks that began in 2025.

In the wake of a measles outbreak in Canada that has infected thousands of people over the past year, an international health agency revoked the country’s

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Kindergarten vaccination rates fell in 2024 to the lowest in over a decade.

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Mass media and policy makers are pushing for a return to pre-COVID times while trying to normalize a staggering death toll

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Gavi, the world’s largest vaccine funder, now faces a funding shortfall following the shutdown of USAID.

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Yesterday, Sen. Ron Johnson held a hearing, "Voices of the Vaccine-injured." As expected, the misinformation and conspiracy theories flowed.

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The rise in measles outbreaks and deaths is not surprising, given the recent decline in vaccination rates, said an official of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The critical distinction between asking legitimate questions (the bedrock of scientific inquiry) and the deliberate refutation of established scientific knowledge.